diff --git a/NEWS.org b/NEWS.org
index 54e4d4510..317778022 100644
--- a/NEWS.org
+++ b/NEWS.org
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #+STARTUP:showall
 * NEWS (user visible changes & bigger non-visible ones)
 
-* 1.11.x (unreleased development build)
+* 1.12 (released on February 24, 2024)
 
 ** Some highlights
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 42b807512..6f4623b2c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 # project setup
 project('mu', ['c', 'cpp'],
-        version: '1.11.28',
+        version: '1.12.0',
         meson_version: '>= 0.56.0',
         license: 'GPL-3.0-or-later',
         default_options : [
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ project('mu', ['c', 'cpp'],
 
 # hard-code the date here (for reproduciblity); we derive the dates used in e.g.
 # documentation from this.
-mu_date='2024-02-06'
+mu_date='2024-02-24'
 
 # installation paths
 prefixdir = get_option('prefix')