diff --git a/pyqtgraph/__init__.py b/pyqtgraph/__init__.py
index 2f8ec4ab32..00e2c3e844 100644
--- a/pyqtgraph/__init__.py
+++ b/pyqtgraph/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 www.pyqtgraph.org
 """
 
-__version__ = '0.11.1.dev0'
+__version__ = '0.12.0'
 
 ### import all the goodies and add some helper functions for easy CLI use