diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 1c8c444..a0fb2fb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+0.12.0 (2016-04-26)
+-------------------
+
+* HTTP paths and query strings are now expected to be sent over ASGI as
+  unescaped unicode. Daphne 0.11.0 is updated to send things in this format.
+
+* request.FILES reading bug fixed
+
+
 0.11.0 (2016-04-05)
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/channels/__init__.py b/channels/__init__.py
index e9ae017..80b4b5d 100644
--- a/channels/__init__.py
+++ b/channels/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.11.0"
+__version__ = "0.12.0"
 
 default_app_config = 'channels.apps.ChannelsConfig'
 DEFAULT_CHANNEL_LAYER = 'default'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 831cb1c..59bf911 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ setup(
     install_requires=[
         'Django>=1.8',
         'asgiref>=0.10',
-        'daphne>=0.10',
+        'daphne>=0.11',
     ]
 )