diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cfa6bb7..b702a88 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ and this library adheres to Rust's notion of
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.12.0] - 2022-05-04
+
+### Changed
+
+- MSRV is now 1.56.0.
+- Bumped `bitvec` to 1.0.
+
 ## [0.11.1] - 2022-05-04
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3cb6fda..3d41713 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ff"
-version = "0.11.1"
+version = "0.12.0"
 authors = [
     "Sean Bowe <ewillbefull@gmail.com>",
     "Jack Grigg <thestr4d@gmail.com>",
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ documentation = "https://docs.rs/ff/"
 homepage = "https://github.com/zkcrypto/ff"
 license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/zkcrypto/ff"
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 bitvec = { version = "1", default-features = false, optional = true }
 byteorder = { version = "1", default-features = false, optional = true }
-ff_derive = { version = "0.11.1", path = "ff_derive", optional = true }
+ff_derive = { version = "0.12", path = "ff_derive", optional = true }
 rand_core = { version = "0.6", default-features = false }
 subtle = { version = "2.2.1", default-features = false, features = ["i128"] }
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fb1aa48..6004f6e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Add the `ff` crate to your `Cargo.toml`:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-ff = "0.11"
+ff = "0.12"
 ```
 
 The `ff` crate contains the `Field` and `PrimeField` traits.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ First, enable the `derive` crate feature:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-ff = { version = "0.11", features = ["derive"] }
+ff = { version = "0.12", features = ["derive"] }
 ```
 
 And then use the macro like so:
diff --git a/ff_derive/Cargo.toml b/ff_derive/Cargo.toml
index aa3c497..bbe40a1 100644
--- a/ff_derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ff_derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ff_derive"
-version = "0.11.1"
+version = "0.12.0"
 authors = [
     "Sean Bowe <ewillbefull@gmail.com>",
     "Jack Grigg <thestr4d@gmail.com>",
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ documentation = "https://docs.rs/ff-derive/"
 homepage = "https://github.com/zkcrypto/ff"
 license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/zkcrypto/ff"
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
 
 [features]
 # enabled when generating bitvec code utilizing the version of ff's bitvec