diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f0a671b12..b897b485b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## (Unreleased)
 
+## 0.12.0 (November 15, 2016)
+
 BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES:
 
   * `ssh_username` is now required if using communicator ssh. [GH-4172]
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index cde9d029e..db41a9a53 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const Version = "0.12.1"
 // A pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 // then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
 // such as "dev" (in development), "beta", "rc1", etc.
-const VersionPrerelease = "dev"
+const VersionPrerelease = ""
 
 func FormattedVersion() string {
 	var versionString bytes.Buffer
diff --git a/website/config.rb b/website/config.rb
index 667c84ab2..3f7b6b375 100644
--- a/website/config.rb
+++ b/website/config.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ set :base_url, "https://www.packer.io/"
 
 activate :hashicorp do |h|
   h.name        = "packer"
-  h.version     = "0.12.0"
+  h.version     = "0.12.1"
   h.github_slug = "mitchellh/packer"
 end