diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 3f8defc..5777bc8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
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+0.12  : * Stable release after bugfixes and added features
 0.11.5: *  Mock reference contig alignemtns against reference genome coverage plot added
 0.11.4: * StringMerge stats removed from the FinalReport and Cleaning scripts adjusted
 0.11.3: * Bugfix in CountFileList.txt - it assumed same order as in barcodesID.txt
diff --git a/GBS-pipeline.smk b/GBS-pipeline.smk
index d8aaeb1..1822203 100644
--- a/GBS-pipeline.smk
+++ b/GBS-pipeline.smk
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import os
 ##### Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
 ##### This pipeline is build upon the the GBS-SNP-CROP pipeline:
 ##### https://github.com/halelab/GBS-SNP-CROP
-##### Version: 0.11.5
-version = "0.11.5"
+##### Version: 0.12.0
+version = "0.12.0"
 
 ##### set minimum snakemake version #####
 min_version("6.0")