diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index 978fa18..c405e90 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package:
   name: aare
-  version: 2025.2.5.dev0 #TODO! how to not duplicate this?
+  version: 2025.2.12 #TODO! how to not duplicate this?
 
 
 source:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7ffd22a..74e624f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "aare"
-version = "2025.2.5.dev0"
+version = "2025.2.12"
 
 [tool.scikit-build]
 cmake.verbose = true