diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e95db74fa..08d8ce8d8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 title: Changelog
 ---
 
+## version 2.12.0 - 2020/04/08
+
+
 * Add a legend to the map! [See PR 935](https://github.com/nextstrain/auspice/pull/935)
 * Improve the animation smoothness, especially for datasets with limited temporal range. [See PR 920](https://github.com/nextstrain/auspice/pull/920)
 * Add Japanese translation [See PR 1045](https://github.com/nextstrain/auspice/pull/1045)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ce074940a..9bdde19b0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "auspice",
-  "version": "2.11.4",
+  "version": "2.12.0",
   "description": "Web app for visualizing pathogen evolution",
   "author": "James Hadfield, Trevor Bedford and Richard Neher",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
diff --git a/src/version.js b/src/version.js
index 40270b09f..10ec9ed13 100644
--- a/src/version.js
+++ b/src/version.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const version = "2.11.4";
+const version = "2.12.0";
 
 module.exports = {
   version