diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e88c34f..3061e9e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v0.11.0
\ No newline at end of file
+v0.12.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ec015b8..9bed43d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.23.4
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.37.0
-	github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils/api v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
+	github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils/api v0.12.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0