diff --git a/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.10.rst b/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.10.rst
index f5e89fb216c..1bd21975e6d 100644
--- a/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.10.rst
+++ b/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.10.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,30 @@ Ansible Base 2.10 "When the Levee Breaks" Release Notes
 .. contents:: Topics
 
 
+v2.10.12rc1
+===========
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+| Release Date: 2021-07-13
+| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
+
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- ansible-test - aws creates and exposes a new tiny_prefix variable to provide a shorter prefix for the AWS tests.
+- get_url - allow checksum urls to point to file:// resources, moving scheme test to function
+- get_url - handle same SHA sum for checksum file (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/71420).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- ansible-doc - in text output, do not show empty ``version_added_collection`` values (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/74999).
+- ansible-test - restrict ``packaging`` to ``< 21.0`` for Python ``< 3.6`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75186).
+- get_url - Fixed checksum validation for binary files (leading asterisk) in checksum files (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/74502).
+
 v2.10.11
 ========
 
diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index d2c94147116..40078a43130 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -1892,6 +1892,35 @@ releases:
     - psrp-reset.yml
     - v2.10.11rc1_summary.yaml
     release_date: '2021-06-14'
+  2.10.12rc1:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - ansible-doc - in text output, do not show empty ``version_added_collection``
+        values (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/74999).
+      - ansible-test - restrict ``packaging`` to ``< 21.0`` for Python ``< 3.6`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75186).
+      - get_url - Fixed checksum validation for binary files (leading asterisk) in
+        checksum files (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/74502).
+      minor_changes:
+      - ansible-test - aws creates and exposes a new tiny_prefix variable to provide
+        a shorter prefix for the AWS tests.
+      - get_url - allow checksum urls to point to file:// resources, moving scheme
+        test to function
+      - get_url - handle same SHA sum for checksum file (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/71420).
+      release_summary: '| Release Date: 2021-07-13
+
+        | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
+
+        '
+    codename: When the Levee Breaks
+    fragments:
+    - 71205_get_url_allow_checksum_file_url.yml
+    - 71420_get_url.yml
+    - 74502-get_url-filx-checksum-binary.yml
+    - 74999-ansible-doc-version_added_collection.yml
+    - 75186-ansible-test-packaging-constraint.yml
+    - aws_tiny_prefix.yaml
+    - v2.10.12rc1_summary.yaml
+    release_date: '2021-07-13'
   2.10.1rc1:
     changes:
       bugfixes:
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/v2.10.12rc1_summary.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/v2.10.12rc1_summary.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a7a2634e8dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/v2.10.12rc1_summary.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+release_summary: |
+   | Release Date: 2021-07-13
+   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
diff --git a/lib/ansible/release.py b/lib/ansible/release.py
index b6e9862a240..727d54a3569 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/release.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/release.py
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
-__version__ = '2.10.11.post0'
+__version__ = '2.10.12rc1'
 __author__ = 'Ansible, Inc.'
 __codename__ = 'When the Levee Breaks'