diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8215dc40..78cd604d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ panic = 'unwind'
 opt-level = 1
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.12.0-alpha.1"
+version = "0.12.0"
 repository = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-rs"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.70"
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7e2e5777..52c98237 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project('gst-plugins-rs',
         'rust',
         'c',
-        version: '0.12.0-alpha.1',
+        version: '0.12.0',
         meson_version : '>= 1.1')
 
 # dependencies.py needs a toml parsing module