diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 242a284e..8032c17e 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.12.0-rc0"
+  ".": "0.12.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eeb80bbe..d251f532 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.12.0](https://github.com/Mause/duckdb_engine/compare/v0.12.0-rc0...v0.12.0) (2024-04-21)
+
+
+### Miscellaneous Chores
+
+* release 0.12.0 (same as rc0) ([7842f2c](https://github.com/Mause/duckdb_engine/commit/7842f2c0ad12ae9dadbbc8145ef910cb4c4d1fee))
+
 ## [0.12.0-rc0](https://github.com/Mause/duckdb_engine/compare/v0.11.5...v0.12.0-rc0) (2024-04-18)
 
 
diff --git a/duckdb_engine/__init__.py b/duckdb_engine/__init__.py
index eddeac97..edc64bcb 100644
--- a/duckdb_engine/__init__.py
+++ b/duckdb_engine/__init__.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 from .config import apply_config, get_core_config
 from .datatypes import ISCHEMA_NAMES, register_extension_types
 
-__version__ = "0.12.0-rc0"
+__version__ = "0.12.0"
 sqlalchemy_version = sqlalchemy.__version__
 duckdb_version: str = duckdb.__version__
 supports_attach: bool = duckdb_version >= "0.7.0"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index edfb08f6..dd70f597 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "duckdb_engine"
-version = "0.12.0-rc0"
+version = "0.12.0"
 description = "SQLAlchemy driver for duckdb"
 authors = ["Elliana <me@mause.me>"]
 license = "MIT"