diff --git a/.changeset/polite-apricots-prove.md b/.changeset/polite-apricots-prove.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d0b4313822..00000000000
--- a/.changeset/polite-apricots-prove.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-'@itwin/itwinui-react': patch
----
-
-ThemeProvider will now correctly inherit theme changes from a v3 ancestor.
diff --git a/packages/itwinui-react/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/itwinui-react/CHANGELOG.md
index eb079843a9f..c72fcd93ce5 100644
--- a/packages/itwinui-react/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/itwinui-react/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2.12.26
+
+### Patch Changes
+
+- [#1949](https://github.com/iTwin/iTwinUI/pull/1949): ThemeProvider will now correctly inherit theme changes from a v3 ancestor.
+
 ## 2.12.25
 
 ### Patch Changes
diff --git a/packages/itwinui-react/package.json b/packages/itwinui-react/package.json
index ebc5b25d6d0..27a6028454d 100644
--- a/packages/itwinui-react/package.json
+++ b/packages/itwinui-react/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@itwin/itwinui-react",
-  "version": "2.12.25",
+  "version": "2.12.26",
   "author": "Bentley Systems",
   "license": "MIT",
   "main": "cjs/index.js",
diff --git a/playgrounds/astro/package.json b/playgrounds/astro/package.json
index a6cc17e25b1..6c06d869147 100644
--- a/playgrounds/astro/package.json
+++ b/playgrounds/astro/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@astrojs/react": "^2.0.2",
-    "@itwin/itwinui-react": "2.12.25",
+    "@itwin/itwinui-react": "2.12.26",
     "astro": "~2.3.0",
     "react": "^18.2.0",
     "react-dom": "^18.2.0"
diff --git a/playgrounds/next/package.json b/playgrounds/next/package.json
index 577360b4e5c..b229d9c064f 100644
--- a/playgrounds/next/package.json
+++ b/playgrounds/next/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "clean": "rimraf .turbo && rimraf node_modules && rimraf .next"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@itwin/itwinui-react": "2.12.25",
+    "@itwin/itwinui-react": "2.12.26",
     "@types/node": "^18.11.9",
     "@types/react": "^18.0.25",
     "@types/react-dom": "^18.0.9",
diff --git a/playgrounds/vite/package.json b/playgrounds/vite/package.json
index 220315d0e50..50cb33270b8 100644
--- a/playgrounds/vite/package.json
+++ b/playgrounds/vite/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "clean": "rimraf .turbo && rimraf node_modules && rimraf dist"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@itwin/itwinui-react": "2.12.25",
+    "@itwin/itwinui-react": "2.12.26",
     "@itwin/itwinui-icons-react": "2",
     "react": "^18.0.0",
     "react-dom": "^18.0.0"