diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 78d1d2a7c..94c85bcdf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+### citus v12.1.6 (Nov 14, 2024) ###
+
+* Propagates `SECURITY LABEL .. ON ROLE` statements (#7304)
+
+* Fixes crash caused by running queries with window partition (#7718)
+
 ### citus v12.1.5 (July 17, 2024) ###
 
 * Adds support for MERGE commands with single shard distributed target tables
diff --git a/src/backend/columnar/columnar_tableam.c b/src/backend/columnar/columnar_tableam.c
index ca3a5f4c4..fd3d171c6 100644
--- a/src/backend/columnar/columnar_tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/columnar/columnar_tableam.c
@@ -3021,6 +3021,8 @@ AvailableExtensionVersionColumnar(void)
 
 	ereport(ERROR, (errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 					errmsg("citus extension is not found")));
+
+	return NULL; /* keep compiler happy */
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_cache.c b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_cache.c
index 402dedb8a..4f1b942a0 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_cache.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_cache.c
@@ -2522,6 +2522,8 @@ AvailableExtensionVersion(void)
 
 	ereport(ERROR, (errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 					errmsg("citus extension is not found")));
+
+	return NULL; /* keep compiler happy */
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/planner/insert_select_planner.c b/src/backend/distributed/planner/insert_select_planner.c
index 60d6ce466..155880253 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/planner/insert_select_planner.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/planner/insert_select_planner.c
@@ -1810,6 +1810,8 @@ CastExpr(Expr *expr, Oid sourceType, Oid targetType, Oid targetCollation,
 		ereport(ERROR, (errmsg("could not find a conversion path from type %d to %d",
 							   sourceType, targetType)));
 	}
+
+	return NULL; /* keep compiler happy */
 }