diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index b193be9bf..d310d6862 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ $ cd ensmallen
 
 # - or -
 
-$ wget http://ensmallen.org/files/ensmallen-2.11.5.tar.gz
-$ tar -xvzpf ensmallen-2.11.5.tar.gz
+$ wget http://ensmallen.org/files/ensmallen-2.12.0.tar.gz
+$ tar -xvzpf ensmallen-2.12.0.tar.gz
 $ cd ensmallen-latest
 ```
 
diff --git a/include/ensmallen_bits/ens_version.hpp b/include/ensmallen_bits/ens_version.hpp
index c1070e395..3ef250b29 100644
--- a/include/ensmallen_bits/ens_version.hpp
+++ b/include/ensmallen_bits/ens_version.hpp
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
 #define ENS_VERSION_MAJOR 2
 // The minor version is two digits so regular numerical comparisons of versions
 // work right.  The first minor version of a release is always 10.
-#define ENS_VERSION_MINOR 11
-#define ENS_VERSION_PATCH 5
+#define ENS_VERSION_MINOR 12
+#define ENS_VERSION_PATCH 0
 // If this is a release candidate, it will be reflected in the version name
 // (i.e. the version name will be "RC1", "RC2", etc.).  Otherwise the version
 // name will typically be a seemingly arbitrary set of words that does not
 // contain the capitalized string "RC".
-#define ENS_VERSION_NAME "The Poster Session Is Full"
+#define ENS_VERSION_NAME "Stir Crazy"
 
 namespace ens {