diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 718b22c7e6bfbdbe37de867ee30fb128295cdcd9..cc8d3752256afb6cbbc5ed141d392a05473db1a7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
 option(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS "Enable/Disable output of compile_commands.json" ON)
 
-project(Lbcom VERSION 37.11
+project(Lbcom VERSION 37.12
         LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 # Enable testing with CTest/CDash
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/v37r12.md b/ReleaseNotes/v37r12.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..be3aaf3559f383a7631e090676e12930a6bf1623
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReleaseNotes/v37r12.md
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+2025-09-09 Lbcom v37r12
+===
+
+This version uses
+LHCb [v57r12](../../../../LHCb/-/tags/v57r12),
+Detector [v3r3p3](../../../../Detector/-/tags/v3r3p3),
+Gaudi [v40r0](../../../../Gaudi/-/tags/v40r0) and
+LCG [106c](http://lcginfo.cern.ch/release/106c/) with ROOT 6.32.10.
+
+This version is released on the `2025-patches` branch.
+Built relative to Lbcom [v37r11](/../../tags/v37r11), with the following changes:
+
+### New features ~"new feature"
+
+
+
+### Fixes ~"bug fix" ~workaround
+
+
+
+### Enhancements ~enhancement
+
+
+
+### Code cleanups and changes to tests ~modernisation ~cleanup ~testing
+
+
+
+### Documentation ~Documentation
+
+
+### Other