diff --git a/NOTICE b/NOTICE
index c98fcebf2..b2b78e7b9 100644
--- a/NOTICE
+++ b/NOTICE
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Apache Mynewt
-Copyright 2015-2023 The Apache Software Foundation
+Copyright 2015-2024 The Apache Software Foundation
 
 This product includes software developed at
 The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index cf9fcf9c9..ebe63bfe2 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # RELEASE NOTES
 
-09 August 2023 - Apache Newt v1.11.0
+27 March 2024 - Apache Newt v1.12.0
 
 For full release notes, please visit the
 [Apache Mynewt Wiki](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MYNEWT/Release+Notes).
diff --git a/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go b/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go
index eb91b3a8a..92461cb0e 100644
--- a/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go
+++ b/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ import (
 	"mynewt.apache.org/newt/util"
 )
 
-var NewtVersion = Version{1, 11, 9900}
-var NewtVersionStr = "1.12.0-dev"
+var NewtVersion = Version{1, 12, 0}
+var NewtVersionStr = "1.12.0"
 var NewtGitHash = "unknown"
 var NewtDate = "unknown"
 
-var NewtBlinkyTag string = "master"
+var NewtBlinkyTag string = "mynewt_1_12_0_tag"
 var NewtNumJobs int
 var NewtForce bool
 var NewtAsk bool