diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 78e7f271..8032c17e 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 b50f79bb..5da011da 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.12.0](https://github.com/minekube/connect-java/compare/0.11.0...0.12.0) (2026-07-15)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **core:** support trusted Bedrock identity sessions ([#57](https://github.com/minekube/connect-java/issues/57)) ([dd34043](https://github.com/minekube/connect-java/commit/dd3404390b52f28be74386a1933906b219981951))
+
 ## [0.11.0](https://github.com/minekube/connect-java/compare/0.10.0...0.11.0) (2026-07-12)