diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4578d5e7..19a5933b 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 # project setup
 project('mu', ['c', 'cpp'],
-        version: '1.12.11',
+        version: '1.12.12',
         meson_version: '>= 0.56.0',
         license: 'GPL-3.0-or-later',
         default_options : [
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ project('mu', ['c', 'cpp'],
           'c_std=c11',
           'cpp_std=c++17'])
 
-# hard-code the date here (for reproducibility); we derive the dates used in e.g.
-# documentation from this.
-mu_date='2025-05-10'
+# hard-code the date here (for reproducibility); we derive the dates used in
+# e.g. documentation from this.
+mu_date='2025-07-19'
 
 # installation paths
 prefixdir = get_option('prefix')