diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d16c8fd4b..fd6b3d90d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,30 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## Unreleased
+## v0.12.0
+
+This release have been primarily about cleanups and simplification.
+
+Please update:
+
+* `loco-rs`
+* `loco-cli`
+
+Changes:
+
+* **generators (BREAKING)**: all prefixes in starters (e.g. `/api`) are now _local to each controller_, and generators will be prefix-aware (`--api` generator will add an `/api` prefix to controllers) [https://github.com/loco-rs/loco/pull/818](https://github.com/loco-rs/loco/pull/818)
+
+To migrate, please move prefixes from `app.rs` to each controller you use in `controllers/`, for example in `notes` controller:
+
+```rust
+Routes::new()
+    .prefix("api/notes")
+    .add("/", get(list))
+```
+
+* **starters**: removed `.devcontainer` which can now be found in [loco-devcontainer](https://github.com/loco-rs/loco-devcontainer)
+* **starters**: removed example `notes` scaffold (model, controllers, etc), and unified `user` and `auth` into a single file: `auth.rs`
+* **generators**: `scaffold` generator will now generate a CRUD with `PUT` and `PATCH` semantics for updating an entity [https://github.com/loco-rs/loco/issues/896](https://github.com/loco-rs/loco/issues/896)
+* **cleanup**: `loco-extras` was moved out of the repo, but we've incorporated `MultiDB` and `ExtraDB` from `extras` into `loco-rs` [https://github.com/loco-rs/loco/pull/917](https://github.com/loco-rs/loco/pull/917)
 
 * `cargo loco doctor` now checks for minimal required SeaORM CLI version
 * **BREAKING** Improved migration generator. If you have an existing migration project, add the following comment indicator to the top of the `vec` statement and right below the opening bracked like so in `migration/src/lib.rs`:
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a80d6d8ff..243fea6ac 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ license = "Apache-2.0"
 
 [package]
 name = "loco-rs"
-version = "0.11.2"
+version = "0.12.0"
 description = "The one-person framework for Rust"
 homepage = "https://loco.rs/"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/loco-rs"
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ bg_redis = ["dep:rusty-sidekiq", "dep:bb8"]
 bg_pg = ["dep:sqlx", "dep:ulid"]
 
 [dependencies]
-loco-gen = { version = "0.11.2", path = "./loco-gen" }
+loco-gen = { version = "0.12.0", path = "./loco-gen" }
 backtrace_printer = { version = "1.3.0" }
 
 # cli
diff --git a/loco-cli/Cargo.toml b/loco-cli/Cargo.toml
index d1f380fb7..8c4d6ec04 100644
--- a/loco-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/loco-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [package]
 name = "loco-cli"
-version = "0.2.10"
+version = "0.12.0"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "loco cli website generator"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/loco-gen/Cargo.toml b/loco-gen/Cargo.toml
index 9b2426596..07038d80a 100644
--- a/loco-gen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/loco-gen/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "loco-gen"
-version = "0.11.2"
+version = "0.12.0"
 description = "Loco generators"
 license.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
diff --git a/starters/lightweight-service/Cargo.lock b/starters/lightweight-service/Cargo.lock
index 91c8ec006..b8e74c8c4 100644
--- a/starters/lightweight-service/Cargo.lock
+++ b/starters/lightweight-service/Cargo.lock
@@ -1387,7 +1387,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "loco-gen"
-version = "0.11.2"
+version = "0.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
@@ -1404,7 +1404,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "loco-rs"
-version = "0.11.2"
+version = "0.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "argon2",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/starters/lightweight-service/Cargo.toml b/starters/lightweight-service/Cargo.toml
index 8aeda8607..0bf777207 100644
--- a/starters/lightweight-service/Cargo.toml
+++ b/starters/lightweight-service/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ default-run = "loco_starter_template-cli"
 
 [dependencies]
 
-loco-rs = { version = "0.11.2", default-features = false, features = ["cli"] }
+loco-rs = { version = "0.12.0", default-features = false, features = ["cli"] }
 serde = "1"
 serde_json = "1"
 tokio = { version = "1.33.0", default-features = false, features = [
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ required-features = []
 [dev-dependencies]
 serial_test = "3.1.1"
 rstest = "0.21.0"
-loco-rs = { version = "0.11.2", default-features = false, features = [
+loco-rs = { version = "0.12.0", default-features = false, features = [
   "testing",
   "cli",
 ] }
diff --git a/starters/rest-api/Cargo.lock b/starters/rest-api/Cargo.lock
index 6c707ae89..90bc181ef 100644
--- a/starters/rest-api/Cargo.lock
+++ b/starters/rest-api/Cargo.lock
@@ -2130,7 +2130,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "loco-gen"
-version = "0.11.2"
+version = "0.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
@@ -2147,7 +2147,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "loco-rs"
-version = "0.11.2"
+version = "0.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "argon2",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/starters/rest-api/Cargo.toml b/starters/rest-api/Cargo.toml
index 90c85642c..efcec573f 100644
--- a/starters/rest-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/starters/rest-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ default-run = "loco_starter_template-cli"
 
 [dependencies]
 
-loco-rs = { version = "0.11.2" }
+loco-rs = { version = "0.12.0" }
 migration = { path = "migration" }
 
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
@@ -46,5 +46,5 @@ required-features = []
 [dev-dependencies]
 serial_test = "3.1.1"
 rstest = "0.21.0"
-loco-rs = { version = "0.11.2", features = ["testing"] }
+loco-rs = { version = "0.12.0", features = ["testing"] }
 insta = { version = "1.34.0", features = ["redactions", "yaml", "filters"] }
diff --git a/starters/rest-api/migration/Cargo.toml b/starters/rest-api/migration/Cargo.toml
index 0f66cff2f..01ed5e185 100644
--- a/starters/rest-api/migration/Cargo.toml
+++ b/starters/rest-api/migration/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 async-std = { version = "1", features = ["attributes", "tokio1"] }
-loco-rs = { version = "0.11.2" }
+loco-rs = { version = "0.12.0" }
 
 [dependencies.sea-orm-migration]
 version = "1.1.0"
diff --git a/starters/saas/Cargo.lock b/starters/saas/Cargo.lock
index 643425bc1..03d228410 100644
--- a/starters/saas/Cargo.lock
+++ b/starters/saas/Cargo.lock
@@ -2265,7 +2265,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "loco-gen"
-version = "0.11.2"
+version = "0.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
@@ -2282,7 +2282,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "loco-rs"
-version = "0.11.2"
+version = "0.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "argon2",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/starters/saas/Cargo.toml b/starters/saas/Cargo.toml
index 2c30e891e..44910d272 100644
--- a/starters/saas/Cargo.toml
+++ b/starters/saas/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ default-run = "loco_starter_template-cli"
 
 [dependencies]
 
-loco-rs = { version = "0.11.2" }
+loco-rs = { version = "0.12.0" }
 migration = { path = "migration" }
 
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
@@ -51,5 +51,5 @@ required-features = []
 [dev-dependencies]
 serial_test = "3.1.1"
 rstest = "0.21.0"
-loco-rs = { version = "0.11.2", features = ["testing"] }
+loco-rs = { version = "0.12.0", features = ["testing"] }
 insta = { version = "1.34.0", features = ["redactions", "yaml", "filters"] }
diff --git a/starters/saas/migration/Cargo.toml b/starters/saas/migration/Cargo.toml
index 0f66cff2f..01ed5e185 100644
--- a/starters/saas/migration/Cargo.toml
+++ b/starters/saas/migration/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 async-std = { version = "1", features = ["attributes", "tokio1"] }
-loco-rs = { version = "0.11.2" }
+loco-rs = { version = "0.12.0" }
 
 [dependencies.sea-orm-migration]
 version = "1.1.0"