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From: "github-actions[bot]"
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Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 18:39:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore: release 12.0.3

---
 .release-please-manifest.json | 2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                  | 7 +++++++
 package-lock.json             | 4 ++--
 package.json                  | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 05a0be595655a..512bf79cf5abd 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  ".": "12.0.2",
+  ".": "12.0.3",
   "workspaces/arborist": "10.0.2",
   "workspaces/libnpmaccess": "11.0.0",
   "workspaces/libnpmdiff": "9.0.2",
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index abdce3b0422a2..aaefaec757ddd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [12.0.3](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/v12.0.2...v12.0.3) (2026-08-03)
+### Documentation
+* [`bea9066`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/bea9066c7d1fe09d6475bbe391f28116aa6a83a6) [#9838](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/9838) document npm 12 install script blocking (#9838) (@reggi)
+### Chores
+* [`4cdccea`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/4cdcceac047f82571d0ec734e18b87d1d130e042) [#9836](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/9836) update `node-integration` workflow template to latest actions (#9836) (@MikeMcC399)
+* [`278df04`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/278df04d3f25d391af3213a243bb9f89e1d11899) [#9822](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/9822) pass nodedir to node-gyp via npm_package_config env in node integration (#9822) (@reggi, @Copilot)
+
 ## [12.0.2](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/v12.0.1...v12.0.2) (2026-07-27)
 ### Bug Fixes
 * [`834408e`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/834408e8f0f2295d02205d8ff5d011c859835225) [#9760](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/9760) pack: honor min-release-age-exclude (#9760) (@martinrrm, @Copilot)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 900a80c4e8b95..c716c404230ea 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "npm",
-  "version": "12.0.2",
+  "version": "12.0.3",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "npm",
-      "version": "12.0.2",
+      "version": "12.0.3",
       "bundleDependencies": [
         "@isaacs/string-locale-compare",
         "@npmcli/arborist",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 15c9127222d04..b6b20649fdc7c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "12.0.2",
+  "version": "12.0.3",
   "name": "npm",
   "description": "a package manager for JavaScript",
   "workspaces": [