diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4c38c0a..587b3f6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.2.6] - 2025-11-22
+
+* Update `cargo-audit` to 0.22.0
+
 ## [1.2.5] - 2025-10-09
 
 * Pin the version of `actions/cache` to commit hash by @Gronner in #122
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index be80546..8078dad 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ runs:
           ${{ steps.cargo-home.outputs.cargohome }}/bin/cargo-audit*
           ${{ steps.cargo-home.outputs.cargohome }}/.crates.toml
           ${{ steps.cargo-home.outputs.cargohome }}/.crates2.json
-        key: cargo-audit-v0.21.2
+        key: cargo-audit-v0.22.0
 
     - name: Install cargo-audit
       if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
       # Update both this version number and the cache key
-      run: cargo install cargo-audit --vers 0.21.2 --no-default-features
+      run: cargo install cargo-audit --vers 0.22.0 --no-default-features
       shell: bash
 
     - run: |