diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f8eefe7bc8..45d2117f96 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 # Unreleased
 
+# 9.12.0 (Feature release)
+
 ## New features
 
 - [Pull request #985: Update to GOV.UK Frontend v3.11.0](https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-prototype-kit/pull/985)
 
 ## Fixes
 
-- [Pull request #983: Remove the old style "GOV.UK uses cookies to make the site simpler" cookie banner](https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-prototype-kit/pull/983)
+- [Pull request #983: Remove the outdated 'GOV.UK uses cookies to make the site simpler' cookie banner](https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-prototype-kit/pull/983)
 
 # 9.11.2 (Patch release)
 
diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 1a1097d8f2..2f0dbe6f68 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.11.2
+9.12.0
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e549b2d53a..eb5987af8b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "govuk-prototype-kit",
   "description": "Rapidly create HTML prototypes of GOV.UK services",
-  "version": "9.11.2",
+  "version": "9.12.0",
   "private": true,
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=10.0.0 <15.0.0"