diff --git a/LATEST-VERSION.txt b/LATEST-VERSION.txt
index cd74ac3b..a5effa30 100644
--- a/LATEST-VERSION.txt
+++ b/LATEST-VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v1.11.0
+v1.12.0
diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
index b3fc9ccf..8b137891 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-- Update validation error messages for `gh bbs2gh migrate-repo` command when generating an archive is not required.
-- `gh gei migrate-code-scanning-alerts` now skips a not found code scanning analysis and continues with the rest. 
-- Updated Secret Scanning Alerts migration (`gh gei migrate-secret-alerts`) command to match on all location types. Now includes: issues, pull requests.
+
diff --git a/releasenotes/v1.12.0.md b/releasenotes/v1.12.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3fc9ccf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/v1.12.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+- Update validation error messages for `gh bbs2gh migrate-repo` command when generating an archive is not required.
+- `gh gei migrate-code-scanning-alerts` now skips a not found code scanning analysis and continues with the rest. 
+- Updated Secret Scanning Alerts migration (`gh gei migrate-secret-alerts`) command to match on all location types. Now includes: issues, pull requests.