diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c7102f303..ac8734aab 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.endava</groupId>
     <artifactId>cats</artifactId>
     <description>OpenAPI Fuzzer and Negative Testing Tool</description>
-    <version>11.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>12.0.0</version>
     <name>CATS</name>
     <url>https://endava.github.io/cats/</url>
 
@@ -345,7 +344,7 @@
         <url>https://en-milie@github.com/Endava/cats.git</url>
         <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:Endava/cats.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:Endava/cats.git</developerConnection>
-        <tag>cats-11.8.0</tag>
+        <tag>cats-12.0.0</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <distributionManagement>