diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
index 511400877..a33e3ecc1 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## Next release
 
+## 0.12.0
+
 * Add additional `responses` parameter to *path operation decorators* to extend responses in OpenAPI (and API docs).
     * It also allows extending existing responses generated from `response_model`, declare other media types (like images), etc.
     * The new documentation is here: <a href="https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/additional-responses/" target="_blank">Additional Responses</a>.
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index c585c20db..c9387f0e0 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.11.0"
+__version__ = "0.12.0"
 
 from starlette.background import BackgroundTasks