diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index f370a2e2..5db87bb1 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,27 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+0.12.0 (2024-10-26)
+===================
+
+New features:
+
+* Build mac x86_64 wheels (pr #1029)
+* Add support for Python 3.13, drop support for Python 3.8 due to end of life (pr #1061)
+* Remove duplicate error logging during rebalance (pr #1025 by @y4n9squared)
+
+
+Bugfixes:
+
+* Quote username in SCRAM auth (pr #1043)
+
+
+Improved Documentation:
+
+* Fix building of readthedocs documentation (pr #1034)
+* Fix typo in producer documentation (pr #1036 by @lgo)
+
+
 0.11.0 (2024-06-30)
 ===================
 
diff --git a/aiokafka/__init__.py b/aiokafka/__init__.py
index 5cfb4cb1..91492990 100644
--- a/aiokafka/__init__.py
+++ b/aiokafka/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.11.0"
+__version__ = "0.12.0"
 
 from .abc import ConsumerRebalanceListener
 from .client import AIOKafkaClient