diff --git a/changelogs/8.12.asciidoc b/changelogs/8.12.asciidoc
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@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 [[release-notes-head]]
-== APM version HEAD
+== APM version 8.12
 
-https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/8.11\...main[View commits]
+https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/8.11\...8.12[View commits]
+
+* <<release-notes-8.12.0>>
+
+[float]
+[[release-notes-8.12.0]]
+=== APM version 8.12.0
 
 [float]
 ==== Breaking Changes