diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 3e464cf..44b2c21 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 Changes for this version of DIPLOMAT:
-- changed re-run icon from a triangle to a pair of circularly-arranged arrows 
-- decluttered terminal output during supervised mode
\ No newline at end of file
+- added installation troubleshooting procedure to docs
+- added installation verification procedure to docs
+- created a zenodo record for sample data and models.
diff --git a/diplomat/__init__.py b/diplomat/__init__.py
index ab63943..f6d10ee 100644
--- a/diplomat/__init__.py
+++ b/diplomat/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 A tool providing multi-animal tracking capabilities on top of other Deep learning based tracking software.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.1.11"
+__version__ = "0.1.12"
 # Can be used by functions to determine if diplomat was invoked through it's CLI interface.
 CLI_RUN = False