diff --git a/History.rdoc b/History.rdoc
index d712e6ae5..16c62c8b2 100644
--- a/History.rdoc
+++ b/History.rdoc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-=== 12.0.0(dev)
+=== 12.0.0
 
 ==== Compatibility Changes
 
diff --git a/lib/rake/version.rb b/lib/rake/version.rb
index c15d7ec99..1908ff855 100644
--- a/lib/rake/version.rb
+++ b/lib/rake/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Rake
-  VERSION = "12.0.0.beta1"
+  VERSION = "12.0.0"
 
   module Version # :nodoc: all
     MAJOR, MINOR, BUILD, *OTHER = Rake::VERSION.split "."
diff --git a/rake.gemspec b/rake.gemspec
index cb43b7c6b..8479b9314 100644
--- a/rake.gemspec
+++ b/rake.gemspec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require 'rake/version'
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = "rake".freeze
   s.version = Rake::VERSION
-  s.date = "2016-06-12"
+  s.date = "2016-12-06"
   s.authors = ["Hiroshi SHIBATA".freeze, "Eric Hodel".freeze, "Jim Weirich".freeze]
   s.email = ["hsbt@ruby-lang.org".freeze, "drbrain@segment7.net".freeze, "".freeze]