Prepare release v12.6.0

Created-by: polyglot-release v1.9.0

Author: davidjgoss

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 Please see [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md) on how to contribute to Cucumber.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+
+## [12.6.0] - 2026-01-22
 ### Deprecated
 - Deprecate colorsEnabled format option in favour of environment variables ([#2729](https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-js/pull/2729))
 
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 ## 0.0.1
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-js/compare/v12.5.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-js/compare/v12.6.0...HEAD
+[12.6.0]: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-js/compare/v12.5.0...v12.6.0
 [12.5.0]: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-js/compare/v12.4.0...v12.5.0
 [12.4.0]: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-js/compare/v12.3.0...v12.4.0
 [12.3.0]: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-js/compare/v12.2.0...v12.3.0

package-lock.json

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     "gherkin",
     "tests"
   ],
-  "version": "12.5.0",
+  "version": "12.6.0",
   "funding": "https://opencollective.com/cucumber",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-js",
   "author": "Julien Biezemans <jb@jbpros.com>",