diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f7505cf9f..20b39af9e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+3.12.0
+======
+* gdm: Reset greeter when coming back to login screen [Jasper; #726989]
+
+Contributors:
+  Jasper St. Pierre
+
+Translations:
+  Daniel Martinez [an], Yuri Myasoedov [ru], Inaki Larranaga Murgoitio [eu],
+  Abderrahim Kitouni [ar], Praveen Illa [te], Matej Urbančič [sl],
+  Chao-Hsiung Liao [zh_HK, zh_TW], Frédéric Péters [fr],
+  Мирослав Николић [sr, sr@latin], Ask H. Larsen [da], Kenneth Nielsen [da],
+  Jiro Matsuzawa [ja], Dušan Kazik [sk]
+
 3.11.92
 =======
 * calendar: Grab key focus after changing day [Volker; #725606]
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 42b191766..9a30e6506 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.63)
-AC_INIT([gnome-shell],[3.11.92],[https://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gnome-shell],[gnome-shell])
+AC_INIT([gnome-shell],[3.12.0],[https://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gnome-shell],[gnome-shell])
 
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/shell-global.c])
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ AC_MSG_RESULT($enable_systemd)
 CLUTTER_MIN_VERSION=1.15.90
 GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_MIN_VERSION=0.10.1
 GJS_MIN_VERSION=1.39.0
-MUTTER_MIN_VERSION=3.11.92
+MUTTER_MIN_VERSION=3.12.0
 GTK_MIN_VERSION=3.7.9
 GIO_MIN_VERSION=2.37.0
 LIBECAL_MIN_VERSION=3.5.3