diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index e48d22b1..114afffe 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.12.0.dev0
+current_version = 0.12.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 sign_tags = True
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a91d0a44..691911aa 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def read(fname):
     return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname)).read()
 
 
-version = '0.12.0.dev0'
+version = '0.12.0'
 url = "https://github.com/ome/omero-metadata/"
 
 setup(