diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-automation.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-automation.yaml
index d27ba2db..960e9240 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-automation.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-automation.yaml
@@ -74,27 +74,20 @@ jobs:
           fi
       - name: Verify Release version
         run: |
-            HOST_ARCH=''
-            case $(uname -m) in
-                x86_64) HOST_ARCH="amd64" ;;
-                aarch64) HOST_ARCH="arm64" ;;
-                *) echo "Error: Unsupported arch $(uname -m)"; exit 1 ;;
-            esac
-            if [ "${{ matrix.arch }}" = "$HOST_ARCH" ]; then
-              mkdir -p output/static output/dynamic
-              tar -xzf release/${{ env.DYNAMIC_BINARY_NAME }} -C ./output/dynamic
-              tar -xzf release/${{ env.STATIC_BINARY_NAME }} -C ./output/static
-              DYNAMIC_BINARY_VERSION=$(./output/dynamic/finch-daemon --version | grep -oP '\d+\.\d+\.\d+')
-              STATIC_BINARY_VERSION=$(./output/static/finch-daemon --version | grep -oP '\d+\.\d+\.\d+')
-              export release_tag=${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
-              export release_version=${release_tag/v/}
-              if [ "$STATIC_BINARY_VERSION" != "$release_version" ] || [ "$DYNAMIC_BINARY_VERSION" != "$release_version" ]; then
-                echo "Version mismatch"
-                exit 1
-              fi
-            else
-              echo "Architecture mismatch: Cross Arch validation is not supported. Skipping version verification"
-            fi
+          if [ "${{ matrix.arch }}" = "amd64" ]; then
+            mkdir -p output/static output/dynamic
+            tar -xzf release/${{ env.DYNAMIC_BINARY_NAME }} -C ./output/dynamic
+            tar -xzf release/${{ env.STATIC_BINARY_NAME }} -C ./output/static
+            export DYNAMIC_BINARY_VERSION=$(./output/dynamic/finch-daemon --version | grep -oP '\d+\.\d+\.\d+')
+            export STATIC_BINARY_VERSION=$(./output/static/finch-daemon --version | grep -oP '\d+\.\d+\.\d+')
+            export release_tag=${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
+            export release_version=${release_tag/v/}
+            echo $DYNAMIC_BINARY_VERSION
+            echo $STATIC_BINARY_VERSION
+            echo "Hello"
+            echo $(./output/dynamic/finch-daemon --version | grep -oP '\d+\.\d+\.\d+')
+            echo =$(./output/static/finch-daemon --version | grep -oP '\d+\.\d+\.\d+')
+          fi
         shell: bash
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index b5ddef8d..971fb7a9 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "0.11.0"
+    ".": "0.12.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4cccf5bc..b79a96eb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,46 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.12.0](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/compare/v0.11.0...v0.12.0) (2024-11-16)
+
+
+### Build System or External Dependencies
+
+* **deps:** bump github.com/containerd/go-cni from 1.1.9 to 1.1.10 ([#53](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/issues/53)) ([31583b0](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/commit/31583b0bd25dfdcf5c53ae78882b9df3ac36cc11))
+* **deps:** bump github.com/containerd/nerdctl from 1.7.5 to 1.7.7 ([#66](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/issues/66)) ([80fdae9](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/commit/80fdae9e466a2df51f61f6f7ab22effe21f5913f))
+* **deps:** bump github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 from 2.17.1 to 2.20.2 ([#19](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/issues/19)) ([e282c25](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/commit/e282c253bfdd2bad7e97866e75598291892fb7fa))
+* **deps:** bump github.com/onsi/gomega from 1.32.0 to 1.34.2 ([#18](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/issues/18)) ([ea72df3](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/commit/ea72df3f479e10ef0de0357a31a1686d626f5041))
+* **deps:** bump github.com/runfinch/common-tests from 0.7.21 to 0.8.0 ([#64](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/issues/64)) ([df9f0ca](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/commit/df9f0cad2f1cc842a6c3033dc2d635008a2690df))
+* **deps:** bump github.com/spf13/cobra from 1.8.0 to 1.8.1 ([#49](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/issues/49)) ([3eff666](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/commit/3eff666f81e4ea655b9d70e5fa7e8043283ec959))
+* **deps:** bump github.com/vishvananda/netlink from 1.2.1-beta.2 to 1.3.0 ([#50](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/issues/50)) ([e3cffc7](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/commit/e3cffc77ac28451c15d5c6a04ab63fd89c34fe4b))
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add container create options ([#27](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/issues/27)) ([504dcaf](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/commit/504dcaf9eff1316c9dd40db82a4ecce9b3e1796d))
+* add distribution API ([#92](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/issues/92)) ([0e413d7](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/commit/0e413d7a3833f2b392921bf7131e80bf6b969fa0))
+* Add Support for Extra Hosts ([#85](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/issues/85)) ([5722300](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/commit/5722300912f8a4cdcc4aa22bae6524ef79a9b7d1))
+* Add support for nerdctl config and default variables ([#73](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/issues/73)) ([284c73f](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/commit/284c73ffc02ac5bd1712b92e06675474cb206c19))
+* Add support for pidfile ([#90](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/issues/90)) ([55eacb5](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/commit/55eacb5f8ed302bf8aa2138a9b47b2c01970e28b))
+* Add support for socket Activation ([#89](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/issues/89)) ([d185ad3](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/commit/d185ad3b2fc057fb7655ee0168d4ffea679df432))
+* allow custom socket path ([#7](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/issues/7)) ([4c17545](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/commit/4c1754576d5beb3bd6b12e36893a588b2bb95825))
+* implement container restart API ([#23](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/issues/23)) ([5d9b1e0](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/commit/5d9b1e0f4e1565fd374b0f0941f373a094dc749c))
+* Implementation of enable_icc option ([#69](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/issues/69)) ([5fd2e3e](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/commit/5fd2e3ee7cf1f17f59c58028fd931bc9a9f51b38))
+* Port 'implement container restart API' patch ([5d9b1e0](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/commit/5d9b1e0f4e1565fd374b0f0941f373a094dc749c))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Add arm64 build and release ([8444d71](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/commit/8444d71d2f85169b216a8fb92d7004635839853c))
+* Add static binaries to release ([#63](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/issues/63)) ([57a0c44](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/commit/57a0c44d56bbf0addbf5b8c78a2baebac61141ab))
+* bump minor for feat ([65fbf5a](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/commit/65fbf5afaeb175d5660ff13acc639ec3d72ac273))
+* doc nits and parameter casing ([#57](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/issues/57)) ([e22c156](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/commit/e22c156cc8bcb97f25c6f41a14e833203e8798ce))
+* filter unsupported enable_icc option ([#36](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/issues/36)) ([6c5e72d](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/commit/6c5e72d4e8c9f6a5be12bf38078798423d11064f))
+* image load should close stream after copy ([#34](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/issues/34)) ([5ee657b](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/commit/5ee657b17de96c1d2302e9ee7490ccfdc64cd907))
+* README changes re: systemd setup ([#59](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/issues/59)) ([2096ded](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/commit/2096ded2283a8582186be01eeee42a8c0ab6161d))
+* Remove bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major ([#83](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/issues/83)) ([65fbf5a](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/commit/65fbf5afaeb175d5660ff13acc639ec3d72ac273))
+* Set release version to 0.9.0 ([#56](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/issues/56)) ([024768a](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/commit/024768a6937ab2917870f9a3348dc0be114d3523))
+* truncate image id on publish tag event ([#35](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/issues/35)) ([6aa5b7c](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/commit/6aa5b7ce76979682ad1cf2b49ac0237a74cac809))
+
 ## [0.11.0](https://github.com/Shubhranshu153/finch-daemon/compare/v0.10.0...v0.11.0) (2024-11-16)