From 3d86dd866e00f552857dcabfa59aa0ef9c0e6927 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Dejanovski <adejanovski@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 20:26:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Prepare next release

---
 CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.12.md          | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 charts/k8ssandra-operator/Chart.yaml |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.12.md

diff --git a/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.12.md b/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.12.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4028bc645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.12.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Changelog
+
+Changelog for the K8ssandra Operator, new PRs should update the `unreleased` section below with entries describing the changes like:
+
+```markdown
+* [CHANGE]
+* [FEATURE]
+* [ENHANCEMENT]
+* [BUGFIX]
+* [DOCS]
+* [TESTING]
+```
+
+When cutting a new release, update the `unreleased` heading to the tag being generated and date, like `## vX.Y.Z - YYYY-MM-DD` and create a new placeholder section for  `unreleased` entries.
+
+## unreleased
+
diff --git a/charts/k8ssandra-operator/Chart.yaml b/charts/k8ssandra-operator/Chart.yaml
index 185340b5c..0e19e4bd8 100644
--- a/charts/k8ssandra-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8ssandra-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: k8ssandra-operator
 description: |
   Kubernetes operator which handles the provisioning and management of K8ssandra clusters.
 type: application
-version: 1.11.0-SNAPSHOT
+version: 1.12.0-SNAPSHOT
 dependencies:
   - name: k8ssandra-common
     version: 0.29.0