diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fa0c3ab49..e158afc0e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+<a name="12.0.2"></a>
+## [12.0.2](https://github.com/istanbuljs/nyc/compare/v12.0.1...v12.0.2) (2018-06-03)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* don't bundle istanbul-lib-instrument due to Node 6 issues ([b4c325b](https://github.com/istanbuljs/nyc/commit/b4c325b))
+* stop bundling istanbul-lib-instrument due to npm issue on Node 6 ([#854](https://github.com/istanbuljs/nyc/issues/854)) ([ddc9331](https://github.com/istanbuljs/nyc/commit/ddc9331))
+
+
+
 <a name="12.0.1"></a>
 ## [12.0.1](https://github.com/istanbuljs/nyc/compare/v12.0.0...v12.0.1) (2018-05-31)
 
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 2948318e8..de0e5ffc8 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ environment:
     - nodejs_version: '6'
 install:
   - ps: Install-Product node $env:nodejs_version
-  - npm i npm@5 -g
   - set PATH=%APPDATA%\npm;%PATH%
   - set CI=true
   - npm config set progress=false
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b4b5c44dc..35321f45a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "nyc",
-  "version": "12.0.1",
+  "version": "12.0.2",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 35da55a30..88ac2ce79 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "nyc",
-  "version": "12.0.1",
+  "version": "12.0.2",
   "description": "the Istanbul command line interface",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@
     "glob",
     "istanbul-lib-coverage",
     "istanbul-lib-hook",
-    "istanbul-lib-instrument",
     "istanbul-lib-report",
     "istanbul-lib-source-maps",
     "istanbul-reports",