diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index bc859cbd6..ac454c6a1 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.11.2
+0.12.0
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/api-service.yaml b/deploy/manifests/api-service.yaml
index d522b7f6f..a1e1ee9ea 100644
--- a/deploy/manifests/api-service.yaml
+++ b/deploy/manifests/api-service.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: metrics-adapter
     app.kubernetes.io/name: prometheus-adapter
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.11.2
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.12.0
   name: v1beta1.metrics.k8s.io
 spec:
   group: metrics.k8s.io
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/cluster-role-aggregated-metrics-reader.yaml b/deploy/manifests/cluster-role-aggregated-metrics-reader.yaml
index f9f85b5ad..89ace64a9 100644
--- a/deploy/manifests/cluster-role-aggregated-metrics-reader.yaml
+++ b/deploy/manifests/cluster-role-aggregated-metrics-reader.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: metrics-adapter
     app.kubernetes.io/name: prometheus-adapter
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.11.2
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.12.0
     rbac.authorization.k8s.io/aggregate-to-admin: "true"
     rbac.authorization.k8s.io/aggregate-to-edit: "true"
     rbac.authorization.k8s.io/aggregate-to-view: "true"
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/cluster-role-binding-delegator.yaml b/deploy/manifests/cluster-role-binding-delegator.yaml
index 69a90de4a..6b1780ec4 100644
--- a/deploy/manifests/cluster-role-binding-delegator.yaml
+++ b/deploy/manifests/cluster-role-binding-delegator.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: metrics-adapter
     app.kubernetes.io/name: prometheus-adapter
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.11.2
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.12.0
   name: resource-metrics:system:auth-delegator
   namespace: monitoring
 roleRef:
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/cluster-role-binding.yaml b/deploy/manifests/cluster-role-binding.yaml
index fac5b4190..40b403e05 100644
--- a/deploy/manifests/cluster-role-binding.yaml
+++ b/deploy/manifests/cluster-role-binding.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: metrics-adapter
     app.kubernetes.io/name: prometheus-adapter
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.11.2
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.12.0
   name: prometheus-adapter
   namespace: monitoring
 roleRef:
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/cluster-role-metrics-server-resources.yaml b/deploy/manifests/cluster-role-metrics-server-resources.yaml
index f8f2d408f..09912620e 100644
--- a/deploy/manifests/cluster-role-metrics-server-resources.yaml
+++ b/deploy/manifests/cluster-role-metrics-server-resources.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: metrics-adapter
     app.kubernetes.io/name: prometheus-adapter
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.11.2
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.12.0
   name: resource-metrics-server-resources
 rules:
 - apiGroups:
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/cluster-role.yaml b/deploy/manifests/cluster-role.yaml
index 9bead1fe3..b024a813e 100644
--- a/deploy/manifests/cluster-role.yaml
+++ b/deploy/manifests/cluster-role.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: metrics-adapter
     app.kubernetes.io/name: prometheus-adapter
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.11.2
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.12.0
   name: prometheus-adapter
 rules:
 - apiGroups:
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/config-map.yaml b/deploy/manifests/config-map.yaml
index c7585058d..3632fe27f 100644
--- a/deploy/manifests/config-map.yaml
+++ b/deploy/manifests/config-map.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,6 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: metrics-adapter
     app.kubernetes.io/name: prometheus-adapter
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.11.2
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.12.0
   name: adapter-config
   namespace: monitoring
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/deployment.yaml b/deploy/manifests/deployment.yaml
index d791cf53f..798356d41 100644
--- a/deploy/manifests/deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/manifests/deployment.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: metrics-adapter
     app.kubernetes.io/name: prometheus-adapter
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.11.2
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.12.0
   name: prometheus-adapter
   namespace: monitoring
 spec:
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app.kubernetes.io/component: metrics-adapter
         app.kubernetes.io/name: prometheus-adapter
-        app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.11.2
+        app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.12.0
     spec:
       automountServiceAccountToken: true
       containers:
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ spec:
         - --prometheus-url=https://prometheus.monitoring.svc:9090/
         - --secure-port=6443
         - --tls-cipher-suites=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
-        image: registry.k8s.io/prometheus-adapter/prometheus-adapter:v0.11.2
+        image: registry.k8s.io/prometheus-adapter/prometheus-adapter:v0.12.0
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 5
           httpGet:
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/network-policy.yaml b/deploy/manifests/network-policy.yaml
index d0c7b5cce..c164c99d3 100644
--- a/deploy/manifests/network-policy.yaml
+++ b/deploy/manifests/network-policy.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: metrics-adapter
     app.kubernetes.io/name: prometheus-adapter
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.11.2
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.12.0
   name: prometheus-adapter
   namespace: monitoring
 spec:
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/pod-disruption-budget.yaml b/deploy/manifests/pod-disruption-budget.yaml
index 03389e573..17359bcc9 100644
--- a/deploy/manifests/pod-disruption-budget.yaml
+++ b/deploy/manifests/pod-disruption-budget.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: metrics-adapter
     app.kubernetes.io/name: prometheus-adapter
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.11.2
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.12.0
   name: prometheus-adapter
   namespace: monitoring
 spec:
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/role-binding-auth-reader.yaml b/deploy/manifests/role-binding-auth-reader.yaml
index 6d160126a..2bdb88915 100644
--- a/deploy/manifests/role-binding-auth-reader.yaml
+++ b/deploy/manifests/role-binding-auth-reader.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: metrics-adapter
     app.kubernetes.io/name: prometheus-adapter
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.11.2
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.12.0
   name: resource-metrics-auth-reader
   namespace: kube-system
 roleRef:
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/service-account.yaml b/deploy/manifests/service-account.yaml
index ce92c961b..7a8cb7f46 100644
--- a/deploy/manifests/service-account.yaml
+++ b/deploy/manifests/service-account.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: metrics-adapter
     app.kubernetes.io/name: prometheus-adapter
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.11.2
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.12.0
   name: prometheus-adapter
   namespace: monitoring
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/service.yaml b/deploy/manifests/service.yaml
index 82613b98f..9bd8efb27 100644
--- a/deploy/manifests/service.yaml
+++ b/deploy/manifests/service.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: metrics-adapter
     app.kubernetes.io/name: prometheus-adapter
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.11.2
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.12.0
   name: prometheus-adapter
   namespace: monitoring
 spec: