diff --git a/pdlua-meta.pd b/pdlua-meta.pd
index d8285a4..5cc3bce 100644
--- a/pdlua-meta.pd
+++ b/pdlua-meta.pd
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 #X text 10 70 DESCRIPTION lua loader for pd;
 #X text 10 90 AUTHOR Claude Heiland-Allen \, Frank Barknecht \, Martin
 Peach \, IOhannes m zmölnig \, Albert Gräf;
-#X text 10 123 VERSION 0.11.6;
+#X text 10 123 VERSION 0.12.0;
 #X restore 10 20 pd META;
diff --git a/pdlua.c b/pdlua.c
index 1c82805..d03c611 100644
--- a/pdlua.c
+++ b/pdlua.c
@@ -2461,7 +2461,7 @@ void pdlua_setup(void)
 #endif
     if (strlen(pdlua_version) == 0) {
       // NOTE: This should be set from the Makefile, otherwise we fall back to:
-      pdlua_version = "0.11.6";
+      pdlua_version = "0.12.0";
     }
     snprintf(pdluaver, MAXPDSTRING-1, "pdlua %s (GPL) 2008 Claude Heiland-Allen, 2014 Martin Peach et al.", pdlua_version);
     snprintf(compiled, MAXPDSTRING-1, "pdlua: compiled for pd-%d.%d on %s",