diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 51176c7c891..c43e1055fd3 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.11
+0.12
diff --git a/doc/release-notes.xml b/doc/release-notes.xml
index e583de15e0d..8ed87faa2ee 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes.xml
+++ b/doc/release-notes.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@
 <title>Nixpkgs Release Notes</title>
 
 
+<section><title>Release 0.12 (TBA)</title>
+
+<para>…</para>
+
+</section>
+  
+
 <section><title>Release 0.11 (September 11, 2007)</title>
 
 <para>This release has the following improvements: