diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 312f247..a45a194 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.12.0] - 2026-10-06
+
 ### Changed
 - **The determinism promise is per version.** The same model, seed, `--as-of` and options still
   give the same files, byte for byte, on any machine and any day, with the same model2data
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 395aecb..1b48521 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -230,14 +230,14 @@ jobs:
 ```
 
 Inputs: `files` (glob, default `**/*.model2data.yml`), `version` (default: the release the tag
-points at, e.g. `1.11.0`; a specifier such as `>=1.10,<2` also works), `python-version` (3.12).
+points at, e.g. `1.12.0`; a specifier such as `>=1.10,<2` also works), `python-version` (3.12).
 
 **pre-commit**
 
 ```yaml
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/JB-Analytica/model2data
-    rev: v1.11.0
+    rev: v1.12.0
     hooks:
       - id: model2data-validate
 ```
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ model2data:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
       changes: ["**/*.model2data.yml"]
   script:
-    - pip install model2data==1.11.0
+    - pip install model2data==1.12.0
     - model2data validate --glob "**/*.model2data.yml"
 ```
 
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 32cb0a7..086716a 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ inputs:
     default: "**/*.model2data.yml"
   version:
     description: >-
-      The model2data engine version to install: a bare version such as `1.11.0`, or a full
+      The model2data engine version to install: a bare version such as `1.12.0`, or a full
       requirement specifier such as `>=1.9,<2`.
     required: false
-    default: "1.11.0"
+    default: "1.12.0"
   python-version:
     description: The Python version to run model2data with.
     required: false
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3b9e6c4..56b8fc3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "model2data"
-version = "1.11.0"
+version = "1.12.0"
 description = "Generate analytics-ready datasets from DBML models"
 readme = "README_PYPI.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 917a37c..af4dadd 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "model2data"
-version = "1.11.0"
+version = "1.12.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "dbt-core" },