diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fd6dc252..797eb8d3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [3.12.0](https://github.com/CopilotC-Nvim/CopilotChat.nvim/compare/v3.11.1...v3.12.0) (2025-05-09)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* switch to new default model gpt-4.1 ([5f105cf](https://github.com/CopilotC-Nvim/CopilotChat.nvim/commit/5f105cf2453585487d3c9ccfe7fd129d3344056c))
+
 ## [3.11.1](https://github.com/CopilotC-Nvim/CopilotChat.nvim/compare/v3.11.0...v3.11.1) (2025-04-21)
 
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 371cfe35..92536a9e 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.11.1
+3.12.0