diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 57c1fd9a2..54e8ee14c 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Jupytext ChangeLog
 ==================
 
-1.11.5+dev (2021-09-??)
------------------------
+1.12.0 (2021-09-09)
+-------------------
 
 **Added**
 - Jupytext supports Quarto notebooks (with `.qmd` extension) ([#837](https://github.com/mwouts/jupytext/issues/837))
diff --git a/jupytext/version.py b/jupytext/version.py
index cb4c58167..a39d62f71 100644
--- a/jupytext/version.py
+++ b/jupytext/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Jupytext's version number"""
 
-__version__ = "1.11.5+dev"
+__version__ = "1.12.0"