diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index e2b80be2..d90fd1be 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html) and [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) format.
 
-## [0.12.0a1] - 2024-12-XX
+## [0.12.0] - 2025-01-16
 ### Fixed
 - portable report now has proper file extension in messaging.
 - add exception to pipestat summarize if there are no results to report [#210](https://github.com/pepkit/pipestat/issues/210)
diff --git a/pipestat/_version.py b/pipestat/_version.py
index 9e5065a1..ea370a8e 100644
--- a/pipestat/_version.py
+++ b/pipestat/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.12.0a1"
+__version__ = "0.12.0"