diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ec09997991..5d4b55da15 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 2.12.0-rc.0 / 2019-08-14
+## 2.12.0 / 2019-08-17
 
 * [FEATURE] Track currently active PromQL queries in a log file. #5794
 * [FEATURE] Enable and provide binaries for `mips64` / `mips64le` architectures. #5792
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index fa9446ca3a..d8b698973a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.12.0-rc.0
+2.12.0