diff --git a/.github/workflows/daemonless-build.yaml b/.github/workflows/daemonless-build.yaml
index 28eae39..f67108e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daemonless-build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/daemonless-build.yaml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   REGISTRY: ghcr.io
-  DBUILD_REF: v1.11.0
+  DBUILD_REF: v1.12.0
 
 jobs:
   # Detect which variants exist and build dynamic matrix
diff --git a/dbuild/__init__.py b/dbuild/__init__.py
index 18635f5..e89a27d 100644
--- a/dbuild/__init__.py
+++ b/dbuild/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 """dbuild: FreeBSD OCI container image build tool.
 """
 
-VERSION = "1.11.0"
+VERSION = "1.12.0"
diff --git a/docs/dbuild.1 b/docs/dbuild.1
index b7a4eac..2ef363f 100644
--- a/docs/dbuild.1
+++ b/docs/dbuild.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH DBUILD 1 "2026-10-13" "dbuild 1.11.0" "User Commands"
+.TH DBUILD 1 "2026-10-23" "dbuild 1.12.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 dbuild \- FreeBSD OCI container image build tool
 .SH SYNOPSIS