diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dbde0dfee..167a85a47 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-  <version>3.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.12.0</version>
   <name>Apache Commons Lang</name>
 
   <inceptionYear>2001</inceptionYear>
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 65d89ab4c..9d5e8469d 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ The <action> type attribute can be add,update,fix,remove.
   </properties>
   <body>
 
-  <release version="3.12.0" date="2020-MM-DD" description="New features and bug fixes.">
+  <release version="3.12.0" date="2020-02-26" description="New features and bug fixes.">
     <!-- FIX -->
     <action issue="LANG-1592" type="fix" dev="aherbert" due-to="Huang Pingcai, Alex Herbert">Correct implementation of RandomUtils.nextLong(long, long)</action>
     <action issue="LANG-1600" type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Michael F">Restore handling of collections for non-JSON ToStringStyle #610.</action>
