diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9b65d30..d6a0ba6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 
+## [1.2.6] - 2019-01-10
+Updated ``tests`` submodule to [v6.0.0-beta.3](https://github.com/ethereum/tests/releases/tag/v6.0.0-beta.3) ``ethereum/tests`` release.
+
+[1.2.6]: https://github.com/ethereumjs/ethereumjs-testing/compare/v1.2.5...v1.2.6
+
 ## [1.2.5] - 2018-11-14
 Updated ``tests`` submodule to [v6.0.0-beta.2](https://github.com/ethereum/tests/releases/tag/v6.0.0-beta.2) ``ethereum/tests`` release.
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5b56350..4952451 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ethereumjs-testing",
-  "version": "1.2.5",
+  "version": "1.2.6",
   "description": "test utils for ethereumjs-*",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     "node-dir": "^0.1.16"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "ethereumjs-util": "^5.0.1",
     "standard": "^10.0.3",
     "tape": "^4.8.0"
   },
diff --git a/tests b/tests
index 420f443..725dbc7 160000
--- a/tests
+++ b/tests
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 420f443477caa8516f1f9ee8122fafc3415c0f34
+Subproject commit 725dbc73a54649e22a00330bd0f4d6699a5060e5