diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6d15568e4ecff8c9028d063b47419ab2a8adbd4f..ddd0bbe315d34debb7ec2010ec683b4ccd746638 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [Unreleased] ##
-
-### Added ###
+## [0.12.0] - 2025-03-25 ##
 
 ### Changed ###
 
@@ -16,19 +14,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   the `crawler_definition` if none are given. Therefore, the
   `converter_registry` argument is now optional.
 
-### Deprecated ###
-
-### Removed ###
-
 ### Fixed ###
 
 - A RecordType with multiple Parents no longer causes an error during
   collection of identifiables
 
-### Security ###
-
-### Documentation ###
-
 ## [0.11.0] - 2025-03-05 ##
 
 ### Added ###
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 8f4e22a4f8b56c8640e7d0a9a5ccae93010b4847..2a883a07766846e452fe65183f4e7e51a59238c3 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ authors:
     given-names: Alexander
     orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4124-9649
 title: CaosDB - Crawler
-version: 0.11.0
+version: 0.12.0
 doi: 10.3390/data9020024
-date-released: 2025-03-05
\ No newline at end of file
+date-released: 2025-03-25
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f6f95d6de8bdea2d7620eb05d7654cb9600fabb5..f7c6df7b49a2d3870daf8473f67e9913df2ab8c5 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = caoscrawler
-version = 0.11.1
+version = 0.12.0
 author = Alexander Schlemmer
 author_email = alexander.schlemmer@ds.mpg.de
 description = A new crawler for LinkAhead
diff --git a/src/doc/conf.py b/src/doc/conf.py
index 2a783dec27a700f9d350a2b46cdd647ff0fccf2f..85de34ab531cd7c4ebe2a566a98447d4c8ab1bba 100644
--- a/src/doc/conf.py
+++ b/src/doc/conf.py
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ copyright = '2024, IndiScale'
 author = 'Alexander Schlemmer'
 
 # The short X.Y version
-version = '0.11.1'
+version = '0.12.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
 # release = '0.5.2-rc2'
-release = '0.11.1-dev'
+release = '0.12.0'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------