diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index f58b956e..7a48e52a 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.11.1"
+  ".": "2.12.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 64554313..0e7a7f85 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.12.0](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/compare/v2.11.1...v2.12.0) (2026-03-13)
+
+
+### ✨ New Features
+
+* Add IsEmpty property on ImmutableMetadata class ([#714](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/issues/714)) ([c07b173](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/commit/c07b17347a7dce9e305c7e5195613d112d45b80a))
+
+
+### 🔧 Refactoring
+
+* improve code quality ([#706](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/issues/706)) ([29fd9c1](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/commit/29fd9c167a41cee1099aff9618d40b24ef9bdce6))
+
 ## [2.11.1](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/compare/v2.11.0...v2.11.1) (2025-12-30)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 45acd8d8..936e2c31 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 
 [![Specification](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=specification&message=v0.8.0&color=yellow&style=for-the-badge)](https://github.com/open-feature/spec/releases/tag/v0.8.0)
 [
-![Release](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=release&message=v2.11.1&color=blue&style=for-the-badge) <!-- x-release-please-version -->
-](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/releases/tag/v2.11.1) <!-- x-release-please-version -->
+![Release](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=release&message=v2.12.0&color=blue&style=for-the-badge) <!-- x-release-please-version -->
+](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/releases/tag/v2.12.0) <!-- x-release-please-version -->
 
 [![Slack](https://img.shields.io/badge/slack-%40cncf%2Fopenfeature-brightgreen?style=flat&logo=slack)](https://cloud-native.slack.com/archives/C0344AANLA1)
 [![Codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/branch/main/graph/badge.svg?token=MONAVJBXUJ)](https://codecov.io/gh/open-feature/dotnet-sdk)
diff --git a/build/Common.prod.props b/build/Common.prod.props
index 43de66a6..7dc19f15 100644
--- a/build/Common.prod.props
+++ b/build/Common.prod.props
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <VersionNumber>2.11.1</VersionNumber> <!--x-release-please-version -->
+    <VersionNumber>2.12.0</VersionNumber> <!--x-release-please-version -->
     <RepositoryType>git</RepositoryType>
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk</RepositoryUrl>
     <Description>OpenFeature is an open standard for feature flag management, created to support a robust feature flag ecosystem using cloud native technologies. OpenFeature will provide a unified API and SDK, and a developer-first, cloud-native implementation, with extensibility for open source and commercial offerings.</Description>
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 6ceb272e..d8b69897 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.11.1
+2.12.0