diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 50460e9d58..349702b4eb 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@ NOTE: as of JNA 4.0, JNA is now dual-licensed under LGPL and AL 2.0 (see LICENSE
 
 NOTE: JNI native support is typically incompatible between minor versions, and almost always incompatible between major versions.
 
+Next Release (5.12.0)
+=====================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
 Release 5.11.0
 ==============
 
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index cd36e898da..b81b9d7584 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 
   <!-- JNA library release version - android versionCode is derived from mjar/minor/revision -->
   <property name="jna.major" value="5"/>
-  <property name="jna.minor" value="11"/>
+  <property name="jna.minor" value="12"/>
   <property name="jna.revision" value="0"/>
   <property name="jna.build" value="0"/> <!--${build.number}-->
   <condition property="version.suffix" value="" else="-SNAPSHOT">