diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
index 1e6c174eda..73cc8a1f7d 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## Latest Changes
 
+## 0.12.0
+
 ### Features
 
 * ✨ Add `typer-slim` package without extras, make `typer` include `typer-slim[default]` and integrate Typer CLI (`typer` command) into Typer. PR [#780](https://github.com/tiangolo/typer/pull/780) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).
diff --git a/typer/__init__.py b/typer/__init__.py
index 0d3a4bbfa9..4fa2de27f2 100644
--- a/typer/__init__.py
+++ b/typer/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """Typer, build great CLIs. Easy to code. Based on Python type hints."""
 
-__version__ = "0.12.dev2"
+__version__ = "0.12.0"
 
 from shutil import get_terminal_size as get_terminal_size