diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index 1654b44903..397d2a89ac 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -8,12 +8,20 @@ upgrade, just in case you need to roll back to the previous version.
 (Cassandra version X + 1 will always be able to read data files created
 by version X, but the inverse is not necessarily the case.)
 
+1.0.12
+======
+
+Upgrading
+---------
+    - Nothing specific to 1.0.12
+
+
 1.0.11
 ======
 
 Upgrading
 ---------
-    - Nothing specific to 1.0.10
+    - Nothing specific to 1.0.11
 
 
 1.0.10
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 705db5e6c2..57e3ab2ad9 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <property name="debuglevel" value="source,lines,vars"/>
 
     <!-- default version and SCM information -->
-    <property name="base.version" value="1.0.11"/>
+    <property name="base.version" value="1.0.12"/>
     <property name="scm.connection" value="scm:git://git.apache.org/cassandra.git"/>
     <property name="scm.developerConnection" value="scm:git://git.apache.org/cassandra.git"/>
     <property name="scm.url" value="http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git;a=tree"/>
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 76312848b9..c391d2d4a9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+cassandra (1.0.12) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New release
+
+ -- Sylvain Lebresne <slebresne@apache.org>  Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:41:45 +0200
+
 cassandra (1.0.11) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New release