diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4b7c89b..9e126b0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+Version 12.0
+    - add ability to load several images in picture dialog
+    - add color picker to color dialog and yad-tools
+    - add --line option to text-info dialog
+    - improve guess of syntax highlighting in text-info dialog
+    - add --mime option to icon mode in yad-tools
+    - add switch field type in form dialog (thanks to Misko <mpsrbija@gmail.com>) 
+    - use pango markup for multiline text field in form dialog
+
 Version 11.1
     - fix input parsing for notification icon
     - fix parsing desktop files for icons dialog
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e006cac..5b39662 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([YAD], [11.90], [https://github.com/v1cont/yad/issues/], yad, [https://github.com/v1cont/yad/])
+AC_INIT([YAD], [12.0], [https://github.com/v1cont/yad/issues/], yad, [https://github.com/v1cont/yad/])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build])
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 foreign dist-xz no-dist-gzip])