diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index b349aec..0720dde 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.11.6",
+  ".": "1.12.0",
   "packages": {
     ".": {
       "extra-files": [
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b1ab1bb..46fe537 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.12.0](https://github.com/CHIMEFRB/workflow/compare/v1.11.6...v1.12.0) (2026-04-20)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **configs.py:** adding ssl certificate lookup ([#153](https://github.com/CHIMEFRB/workflow/issues/153)) ([3d81453](https://github.com/CHIMEFRB/workflow/commit/3d8145385029b0a1821930e68947bf310075e6d2))
+
 ## [1.11.6](https://github.com/CHIMEFRB/workflow/compare/v1.11.5...v1.11.6) (2025-08-22)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4c9d001..aea1638 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "workflow.core"
-version = "1.11.6"
+version = "1.12.0"
 description = "Workflow Core"
 authors = ["Shiny Brar <charanjotbrar@gmail.com>"]
 license = "MIT"