diff --git a/pyiceberg/__init__.py b/pyiceberg/__init__.py
index 386d9e4319..999fe262fe 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/__init__.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/__init__.py
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
-__version__ = "0.11.0"
+__version__ = "0.12.0"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c08ef37701..06d48cd1fb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # under the License.
 [project]
 name = "pyiceberg"
-version = "0.11.0"
+version = "0.12.0"
 description = "Apache Iceberg is an open table format for huge analytic datasets"
 authors = [{ name = "Apache Software Foundation", email = "dev@iceberg.apache.org" }]
 requires-python = ">=3.10.0,<4.0.0"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 38ca6d9321..af7a12e147 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -4877,7 +4877,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pyiceberg"
-version = "0.11.0"
+version = "0.12.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "cachetools" },