diff --git a/gnu_parallel.changes b/gnu_parallel.changes
index 7beb063..3d5e1e0 100644
--- a/gnu_parallel.changes
+++ b/gnu_parallel.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jan  2 15:28:13 UTC 2026 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 20251222:
+  * Bug fixes and man page updates.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jun  5 19:25:03 UTC 2025 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/gnu_parallel.spec b/gnu_parallel.spec
index dfae9f8..cd87307 100644
--- a/gnu_parallel.spec
+++ b/gnu_parallel.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
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-Version:        20250522
+Version:        20251222
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Shell tool for executing jobs in parallel
 License:        GPL-3.0-or-later
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