diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9b8d41b2..27b303b3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # NVIDIA Container Toolkit Changelog
 
-## v1.12.0-rc.6
+## v1.12.0
 
+* Promote `v1.12.0-rc.5` to `v1.12.0`
 * Rename `nvidia cdi generate` `--root` flag to `--driver-root` to better indicate intent
 * [libnvidia-container] Add nvcubins.bin to DriverStore components under WSL2
 
diff --git a/versions.mk b/versions.mk
index 4121c635..b3e3514f 100644
--- a/versions.mk
+++ b/versions.mk
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 LIB_NAME := nvidia-container-toolkit
 LIB_VERSION := 1.12.0
-LIB_TAG := rc.6
 
 # Specify the nvidia-docker2 and nvidia-container-runtime package versions.
 # Note: The build tooling uses `LIB_TAG` above as the version tag.