diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8de0e7e8..f691aa8f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,29 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project are documented in this file.
 
+## 1.12.0
+
+**Release date:** 2021-06-16
+
+This release comes with support for disabling the SSL certificate verification
+for the Prometheus and Graphite metric providers.
+
+#### Improvements
+ 
+- Add `insecureSkipVerify` option for Prometheus and Graphite
+  [#935](https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/pull/935)
+- Copy labels from Gloo upstreams
+  [#932](https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/pull/932)
+- Improve language and correct typos in FAQs docs
+  [#925](https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/pull/925)
+- Remove Flux GC markers from generated objects
+  [#936](https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/pull/936)
+
+#### Fixes
+
+- Require SMI TrafficSplit Service and Weight
+  [#878](https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/pull/878)
+ 
 ## 1.11.0
 
 **Release date:** 2021-06-01
diff --git a/artifacts/flagger/deployment.yaml b/artifacts/flagger/deployment.yaml
index 04595074..04fbe03d 100644
--- a/artifacts/flagger/deployment.yaml
+++ b/artifacts/flagger/deployment.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: flagger
       containers:
       - name: flagger
-        image: ghcr.io/fluxcd/flagger:1.11.0
+        image: ghcr.io/fluxcd/flagger:1.12.0
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         ports:
         - name: http
diff --git a/charts/flagger/Chart.yaml b/charts/flagger/Chart.yaml
index 049703c7..071eebce 100644
--- a/charts/flagger/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/flagger/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: flagger
-version: 1.11.0
-appVersion: 1.11.0
+version: 1.12.0
+appVersion: 1.12.0
 kubeVersion: ">=1.16.0-0"
 engine: gotpl
 description: Flagger is a progressive delivery operator for Kubernetes
diff --git a/charts/flagger/values.yaml b/charts/flagger/values.yaml
index 6c5990bf..7c07d48f 100644
--- a/charts/flagger/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/flagger/values.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 image:
   repository: ghcr.io/fluxcd/flagger
-  tag: 1.11.0
+  tag: 1.12.0
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   pullSecret:
 
diff --git a/docs/gitbook/usage/metrics.md b/docs/gitbook/usage/metrics.md
index 13117a59..2fc1cc5a 100644
--- a/docs/gitbook/usage/metrics.md
+++ b/docs/gitbook/usage/metrics.md
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ metadata:
   name: my-metric
 spec:
   provider:
-    type: # can be prometheus or datadog
+    type: # can be prometheus, datadog, etc
     address: # API URL
+    insecureSkipVerify: # if set to true, disables the TLS cert validation
     secretRef:
       name: # name of the secret containing the API credentials
   query: # metric query
diff --git a/kustomize/base/flagger/kustomization.yaml b/kustomize/base/flagger/kustomization.yaml
index f1ae5f32..daf401f6 100644
--- a/kustomize/base/flagger/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/kustomize/base/flagger/kustomization.yaml
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ resources:
 images:
   - name: ghcr.io/fluxcd/flagger
     newName: ghcr.io/fluxcd/flagger
-    newTag: 1.11.0
+    newTag: 1.12.0
diff --git a/pkg/version/version.go b/pkg/version/version.go
index e61c2daa..015ddd7a 100644
--- a/pkg/version/version.go
+++ b/pkg/version/version.go
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 package version
 
-var VERSION = "1.11.0"
+var VERSION = "1.12.0"
 var REVISION = "unknown"