diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bf95de0..e570b0d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Here is a template for new release sections
 -
 ```
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [0.12.0] - 2023-11-02
 ### Changed
 - foreign keys are given in datasets instead of links
 
diff --git a/data_adapter/__init__.py b/data_adapter/__init__.py
index 426f7f9..45db7bb 100644
--- a/data_adapter/__init__.py
+++ b/data_adapter/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "0.11.2"
+version = "0.12.0"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5103e29..e2aba64 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "data-adapter"
-version = "0.11.2"
+version = "0.12.0"
 description = "Provides general functionality for other data adapters"
 authors = ["Hendrik Huyskens <hendrik.huyskens@rl-institut.de>"]
 license = "AGPL-3.0 license"