diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ef51413..e39c322 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ This project follows a Keep a Changelog-style format and uses version tags for r
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.9.12] - 2026-08-23
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - **`l` now says why the layout did not change on a narrow terminal.** The
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 34363b4..87cf830 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "actop"
-version = "1.9.11"
+version = "1.9.12"
 description = "Apple Silicon (M1–M4) power, GPU, ANE & memory-bandwidth monitor — sudoless TUI + Python API for profiling local LLM / MLX / CoreML inference"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { text = "MIT" }