diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md
index 60c28024d2..2d055426eb 100644
--- a/RELEASES.md
+++ b/RELEASES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release Notes
 
+## 0.12.0 (5-12-2015)
+- Fixes issues related to supporting multiple sinks.
+- Resource usage of kubernetes system daemons are exported.
+- Support for kubernetes specific auth (secrets).
+- Scalability improvements.
+
 ## 0.11.0 (4-28-2015)
 - Export filesystem usage metrics for the node and containers.
 - Support for Kubernetes events
diff --git a/deploy/kube-config/google/heapster-controller.json b/deploy/kube-config/google/heapster-controller.json
index c2237e3b5c..0c8f9ecd07 100644
--- a/deploy/kube-config/google/heapster-controller.json
+++ b/deploy/kube-config/google/heapster-controller.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 		"containers": [
 		    {
 			"name": "heapster",
-			"image": "kubernetes/heapster:v0.11.0",
+			"image": "kubernetes/heapster:v0.12.0",
 			"env": [
 			    {
 				"name": "FLAGS",
diff --git a/deploy/kube-config/influxdb/heapster-controller.json b/deploy/kube-config/influxdb/heapster-controller.json
index 2a44c56e46..f3972efc4e 100644
--- a/deploy/kube-config/influxdb/heapster-controller.json
+++ b/deploy/kube-config/influxdb/heapster-controller.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 	    "spec": {
 		"containers": [
 		    {
-			"image": "kubernetes/heapster:v0.11.0",
+			"image": "kubernetes/heapster:v0.12.0",
 			"name": "heapster",
 			"env": [
 			    {
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 7cf1474b31..70ec3a6973 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ package version
 // Increment major number for new feature additions and behavioral changes.
 // Increment minor number for bug fixes and performance enhancements.
 // Increment patch number for critical fixes to existing releases.
-const HeapsterVersion = "0.11.0"
+const HeapsterVersion = "0.12.0"