diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e01e0ddd8e8..43c2417ca0c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.12.4
+0.12.5
diff --git a/docs/source/support/release-notes.rst b/docs/source/support/release-notes.rst
index cbc047ce7cf..8e7ae2b9fad 100644
--- a/docs/source/support/release-notes.rst
+++ b/docs/source/support/release-notes.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ This page contains release notes for the SDK.
 HEAD — ongoing
 --------------
 
+0.12.5 — 2019-04-15
+-------------------
+
+- Fix release pipeline (hopefully)
 - DAML-LF Archive packaging: the DAML-LF Archive Protobuf definitions are now
   packaged so that it's possible to use them without mangling the path.