diff --git a/dist/builddist b/dist/builddist
index 3b31b829..b3a1bf38 100755
--- a/dist/builddist
+++ b/dist/builddist
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ print_usage() {
     echo ""
     echo "Tags:"
     echo "  main    - build tarball of latest"
-    echo "  v0.11.1 - build tarball of v0.11.1"
+    echo "  v0.12   - build tarball of v0.12"
 }
 
 # check that we got an argument or print usage
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ if [ "$1" == "main" ] ; then
         "libcircle"    "hpc"  "master"
         "mpifileutils" "hpc"  "master"
     )
-elif [ "$1" == "v0.11.1" ] ; then
+elif [ "$1" == "v0.12" ] ; then
     # to build from latest branch of all repos
     ORGS=(
         "lwgrp"        "llnl" "v1.0.4"
         "dtcmp"        "llnl" "v1.1.4"
         "libcircle"    "hpc"  "v0.3"
-        "mpifileutils" "hpc"  "v0.11.1"
+        "mpifileutils" "hpc"  "v0.12"
     )
 else
     echo "Error: unknown tag: $1"
diff --git a/doc/rst/build.rst b/doc/rst/build.rst
index 81bdf76b..4f113b43 100644
--- a/doc/rst/build.rst
+++ b/doc/rst/build.rst
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ To be certain of compatibility, it is recommended that one install libarchive-3.
 To build on PowerPC, one may need to add :code:`--build=powerpc64le-redhat-linux-gnu` to the configure command.
 
 Assuming libarchive has been installed to an `install` directory as shown above,
-one can then build mpiFileUtils from a release like v0.11.1 with commands like the following:
+one can then build mpiFileUtils from a release like v0.12 with commands like the following:
 
 .. code-block:: Bash
 
-   wget https://github.com/hpc/mpifileutils/releases/download/v0.11.1/mpifileutils-v0.11.1.tgz
-   tar -zxf mpifileutils-v0.11.1.tgz
-   cd mpifileutils-v0.11.1
+   wget https://github.com/hpc/mpifileutils/releases/download/v0.12/mpifileutils-v0.12.tgz
+   tar -zxf mpifileutils-v0.12.tgz
+   cd mpifileutils-v0.12
      mkdir build
      cd build
        cmake .. \
diff --git a/doc/rst/conf.py b/doc/rst/conf.py
index 8c0b9d5c..ad211a83 100644
--- a/doc/rst/conf.py
+++ b/doc/rst/conf.py
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = u'0.11.1'
+version = u'0.12'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = u'0.11.1'
+release = u'0.12'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/mpifileutils.spec b/mpifileutils.spec
index 94619f00..acd3290c 100644
--- a/mpifileutils.spec
+++ b/mpifileutils.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:		mpifileutils
-Version:	0.11.1
+Version:	0.12
 Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	File utilities designed for scalability and performance.