diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 99e51ca5001..631b4708851 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "google-apis-core": "1.2.4",
+  "google-apis-core": "1.2.5",
   "google-apis-core+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-apis-generator": "0.19.0",
   "google-apis-generator+FILLER": "0.0.0"
diff --git a/google-apis-core/CHANGELOG.md b/google-apis-core/CHANGELOG.md
index bf4fbdf7e37..164fab396a5 100644
--- a/google-apis-core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-apis-core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
+### 1.2.5 (2026-07-20)
+
+#### Bug Fixes
+
+* ignore non-2xx status codes in streaming downloads ([#27256](https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-ruby-client/issues/27256)) 
+
 ### 1.2.4 (2026-06-28)
 
 #### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/google-apis-core/lib/google/apis/core/version.rb b/google-apis-core/lib/google/apis/core/version.rb
index 1840d14c1c8..14674bac196 100644
--- a/google-apis-core/lib/google/apis/core/version.rb
+++ b/google-apis-core/lib/google/apis/core/version.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module Google
   module Apis
     module Core
       # Core version
-      VERSION = "1.2.4".freeze
+      VERSION = "1.2.5".freeze
     end
   end
 end