diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f231b315bb..4dd898d3dc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,12 +4,7 @@ Nokogiri follows [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/), please see the [REA
 
 ---
 
-## 1.12.0 / unreleased
-
-Prereleases:
-
-- 1.12.0.rc1 / 2021-07-09
-
+## 1.12.0 / 2021-08-02
 
 ### Notable Addition: HTML5 Support (CRuby only)
 
diff --git a/lib/nokogiri/version/constant.rb b/lib/nokogiri/version/constant.rb
index 7ef63f5a4d..0c3a96cdfe 100644
--- a/lib/nokogiri/version/constant.rb
+++ b/lib/nokogiri/version/constant.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 module Nokogiri
   # The version of Nokogiri you are using
-  VERSION = "1.12.0.rc1"
+  VERSION = "1.12.0"
 end