diff --git a/cryptol.cabal b/cryptol.cabal
index 73b1498ae..fc978e7f9 100644
--- a/cryptol.cabal
+++ b/cryptol.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Cabal-version:       2.4
 Name:                cryptol
-Version:             2.11.0.99
+Version:             2.12.0
 Synopsis:            Cryptol: The Language of Cryptography
 Description: Cryptol is a domain-specific language for specifying cryptographic algorithms. A Cryptol implementation of an algorithm resembles its mathematical specification more closely than an implementation in a general purpose language. For more, see <http://www.cryptol.net/>.
 License:             BSD-3-Clause
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ source-repository this
   type:     git
   location: https://github.com/GaloisInc/cryptol.git
   -- add a tag on release branches
-  -- tag:
+  tag:      2.12.0
 
 
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