diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f4b5fc56f69..7bb9808d461 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,44 @@
-2012.02.17 Version 0.6.11 (stable)
+2012.03.02 Version 0.6.12 (stable)
+
+* Upgrade V8 to 3.6.6.24
+
+* dtrace ustack helper improvements (Dave Pacheco)
+
+* API Documentation refactor (isaacs)
+
+* #2827 net: fix race write() before and after connect() (koichik)
+
+* #2554 #2567 throw if fs args for 'start' or 'end' are strings (AJ ONeal)
+
+* punycode: Update to v1.0.0 (Mathias Bynens)
+
+* Make a fat binary for the OS X pkg (isaacs)
+
+* Fix hang on accessing process.stdin (isaacs)
+
+* repl: make tab completion work on non-objects (Nathan Rajlich)
+
+* Fix fs.watch on OS X (Ben Noordhuis)
+
+* Fix #2515 nested setTimeouts cause premature process exit (Ben Noordhuis)
+
+* windows: fix time conversion in stat (Igor Zinkovsky)
+
+* windows: fs: handle EOF in read (Brandon Philips)
+
+* windows: avoid IOCP short-circuit on non-ifs lsps (Igor Zinkovsky)
+
+* Upgrade npm to 1.1.4 (isaacs)
+  - windows fixes
+  - Bundle nested bundleDependencies properly
+  - install: support --save with url install targets
+  - shrinkwrap: behave properly with url-installed modules
+  - support installing uncompressed tars or single file modules from urls etc.
+  - don't run make clean on rebuild
+  - support HTTPS-over-HTTP proxy tunneling
+
+
+2012.02.17 Version 0.6.11 (stable), 1eb1fe32250fc88cb5b0a97cddf3e02be02e3f4a
 
 * http: allow multiple WebSocket RFC6455 headers (Einar Otto Stangvik)
 
diff --git a/doc/about/index.html b/doc/about/index.html
index 192424315b8..612369ea3ac 100644
--- a/doc/about/index.html
+++ b/doc/about/index.html
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ <h1>Node's goal is to provide an easy way to build scalable
             <li><a href="http://twitter.com/nodejs" class="twitter">@nodejs</a></li>
         </ul>
 
-        <p>Copyright 2010 <a href="http://joyent.com">Joyent, Inc</a>, Node.js is a <a href="/trademark-policy.pdf">trademark</a> of Joyent, Inc. View <a href="https://raw.github.com/joyent/node/v0.6.11/LICENSE">license</a>.</p>
+        <p>Copyright 2010 <a href="http://joyent.com">Joyent, Inc</a>, Node.js is a <a href="/trademark-policy.pdf">trademark</a> of Joyent, Inc. View <a href="https://raw.github.com/joyent/node/v0.6.12/LICENSE">license</a>.</p>
     </div>
 
 
diff --git a/doc/community/index.html b/doc/community/index.html
index 038996d7f64..6ed965e65c2 100644
--- a/doc/community/index.html
+++ b/doc/community/index.html
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ <h2 class="irc">IRC</h2>
             <li><a href="http://twitter.com/nodejs" class="twitter">@nodejs</a></li>
         </ul>
 
-        <p>Copyright 2010 <a href="http://joyent.com">Joyent, Inc</a>, Node.js is a <a href="/trademark-policy.pdf">trademark</a> of Joyent, Inc. View <a href="https://raw.github.com/joyent/node/v0.6.11/LICENSE">license</a>.</p>
+        <p>Copyright 2010 <a href="http://joyent.com">Joyent, Inc</a>, Node.js is a <a href="/trademark-policy.pdf">trademark</a> of Joyent, Inc. View <a href="https://raw.github.com/joyent/node/v0.6.12/LICENSE">license</a>.</p>
     </div>
 
     <script>
diff --git a/doc/index.html b/doc/index.html
index c0592f8de88..99787e0abaa 100644
--- a/doc/index.html
+++ b/doc/index.html
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
         <a href="#download" class="button" id="downloadbutton">Download</a>
         <a href="http://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/index.html" class="button" id="docsbutton">Docs</a>
-        <p class="version">v0.6.11</p>
+        <p class="version">v0.6.12</p>
     </div>
     <div id="quotes" class="clearfix">
         <h2>Node.js in the Industry</h2>
@@ -78,15 +78,15 @@ <h2>Node.js in the Industry</h2>
         <a href="#" id="download-close">X</a>
         <img id="download-logo" src="http://nodejs.org/images/download-logo.png" alt="node.js">
         <ul id="installers" class="clearfix">
-            <li><a href="http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.6.11/node-v0.6.11.msi">Windows Installer</a><br>node-v0.6.11.msi</li>
-            <li><a href="http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.6.11/node-v0.6.11.pkg">Macintosh Installer</a><br>node-v0.6.11.pkg</li>
-            <li id="source"><a href="http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.6.11/node-v0.6.11.tar.gz">Source Code</a><br>node-v0.6.11.tar.gz</li>
+            <li><a href="http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.6.12/node-v0.6.12.msi">Windows Installer</a><br>node-v0.6.12.msi</li>
+            <li><a href="http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.6.12/node-v0.6.12.pkg">Macintosh Installer</a><br>node-v0.6.12.pkg</li>
+            <li id="source"><a href="http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.6.12/node-v0.6.12.tar.gz">Source Code</a><br>node-v0.6.12.tar.gz</li>
         </ul>
         <ul id="documentation">
-            <li><a href="https://raw.github.com/joyent/node/v0.6.11/ChangeLog">Change Log</a></li>
-            <li><a href="http://nodejs.org/docs/v0.6.11/api/index.html">Documentation</a></li>
-            <li><a href="http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.6.11">Other release files</a></li>
-            <li><a href="https://raw.github.com/joyent/node/v0.6.11/LICENSE">License</a></li>
+            <li><a href="https://raw.github.com/joyent/node/v0.6.12/ChangeLog">Change Log</a></li>
+            <li><a href="http://nodejs.org/docs/v0.6.12/api/index.html">Documentation</a></li>
+            <li><a href="http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.6.12">Other release files</a></li>
+            <li><a href="https://raw.github.com/joyent/node/v0.6.12/LICENSE">License</a></li>
             <li><a href="https://github.com/joyent/node">Git Repository</a></li>
             <li><a href="https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installing-Node.js-via-package-manager">Installing
             with a Package Manager</a>
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ <h2>Explore Node.js</h2>
             <!-- <li><a hrfe="http://twitter.com/nodejs" class="twitter">@nodejs</a></li> -->
         </ul>
 
-        <p>Copyright 2010 <a href="http://joyent.com">Joyent, Inc</a>, Node.js is a <a href="/trademark-policy.pdf">trademark</a> of Joyent, Inc. View <a href="https://raw.github.com/joyent/node/v0.6.11/LICENSE">license</a>.</p>
+        <p>Copyright 2010 <a href="http://joyent.com">Joyent, Inc</a>, Node.js is a <a href="/trademark-policy.pdf">trademark</a> of Joyent, Inc. View <a href="https://raw.github.com/joyent/node/v0.6.12/LICENSE">license</a>.</p>
     </div>
 
 
diff --git a/doc/logos/index.html b/doc/logos/index.html
index 1655139b17c..866b5efe5f0 100644
--- a/doc/logos/index.html
+++ b/doc/logos/index.html
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ <h2>Desktop Background</h2>
             <li><a href="http://twitter.com/nodejs" class="twitter">@nodejs</a></li>
         </ul>
 
-        <p>Copyright <a href="http://joyent.com">Joyent, Inc</a>., Node.js is a <a href="/trademark-policy.pdf">trademark of Joyent, Inc</a>., <a href="https://raw.github.com/joyent/node/v0.6.11/LICENSE">View License</a></p>
+        <p>Copyright <a href="http://joyent.com">Joyent, Inc</a>., Node.js is a <a href="/trademark-policy.pdf">trademark of Joyent, Inc</a>., <a href="https://raw.github.com/joyent/node/v0.6.12/LICENSE">View License</a></p>
     </div>
 
     <script>
diff --git a/src/node_version.h b/src/node_version.h
index 2b715b7aff4..adec809b04e 100644
--- a/src/node_version.h
+++ b/src/node_version.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #define NODE_MAJOR_VERSION 0
 #define NODE_MINOR_VERSION 6
 #define NODE_PATCH_VERSION 12
-#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 0
+#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 1
 
 #ifndef NODE_STRINGIFY
 #define NODE_STRINGIFY(n) NODE_STRINGIFY_HELPER(n)