diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 50b1a0624..783791cca 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+<a name="12.0.0"></a>
+# [12.0.0](https://github.com/istanbuljs/nyc/compare/v11.9.0...v12.0.0) (2018-05-31)
+
+
+### Chores
+
+* upgrade to newest version of istanbul codebase ([#848](https://github.com/istanbuljs/nyc/issues/848)) ([19b7d21](https://github.com/istanbuljs/nyc/commit/19b7d21))
+
+
+### BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* babel@7 drops Node.js 4 support
+
+
+
 <a name="11.9.0"></a>
 # [11.9.0](https://github.com/istanbuljs/nyc/compare/v11.8.0...v11.9.0) (2018-05-31)
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 229eb3a5d..466bfd55e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "nyc",
-  "version": "11.9.0",
+  "version": "12.0.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 19d10fbce..c52c231de 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "nyc",
-  "version": "11.9.0",
+  "version": "12.0.0",
   "description": "the Istanbul command line interface",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {