diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 69509acc..09e03d1f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.12.0] - 2026-07-03
+
+This release matches HarfBuzz [v14.2.0](https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/releases/tag/14.2.0),
+and has an MSRV (minimum supported Rust version) of 1.85.
+
+- Update `read-fonts` to 0.41.0 (#403).
+- Saturate AAT kerning position accumulation to avoid overflow (#400).
+- Regenerate the Unicode data tables with the latest `packtab` (#401).
+- Keep GPOS variation-index deltas fractional to match HarfBuzz, avoiding
+  sub-font-unit advance and placement differences on variable fonts (#403).
+- Keep AAT `trak` tracking fractional to match HarfBuzz (#404).
+
 ## [0.11.0] - 2026-06-29
 
 This release matches HarfBuzz [v14.2.0](https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/releases/tag/14.2.0),
@@ -219,7 +231,8 @@ This release matches HarfBuzz [v11.2.1][harfbuzz-11.2.1], and has an MSRV (minim
 HarfRust is a fork of RustyBuzz.
 See [their changelog](https://github.com/harfbuzz/rustybuzz/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) for details of prior releases.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfrust/compare/0.11.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfrust/compare/0.12.0...HEAD
+[0.12.0]: https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfrust/compare/0.11.0...0.12.0
 [0.11.0]: https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfrust/compare/0.10.0...0.11.0
 [0.10.0]: https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfrust/compare/0.9.0...0.10.0
 [0.9.0]: https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfrust/compare/0.8.4...0.9.0
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9175573d..ac298c6a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ members = ["harfrust", "hr-shape", "fuzz"]
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.11.0"
+version = "0.12.0"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.85"  # should match https://github.com/googlefonts/fontations/blob/main/Cargo.toml
 description = "A complete HarfBuzz shaping algorithm port to Rust."
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ inherits = "release"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 read-fonts = { version = "0.41.0", default-features = false, features = ["experimental_font_api"] }
-harfrust = { version = "0.11.0", path = "./harfrust", default-features = false }
+harfrust = { version = "0.12.0", path = "./harfrust", default-features = false }
 
 [workspace.lints.rust]
 unused_qualifications = "warn"
diff --git a/scripts/bump-version.sh b/scripts/bump-version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c0248ce1..00000000
--- a/scripts/bump-version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then
-  echo "usage: $0 <new-version>" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-new_version="$1"
-
-if [[ ! "$new_version" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
-  echo "error: version must match <major>.<minor>.<patch>" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
-repo_root="$(cd "$script_dir/.." && pwd)"
-
-cargo_toml="$repo_root/Cargo.toml"
-hr_shape_toml="$repo_root/hr-shape/Cargo.toml"
-changelog="$repo_root/CHANGELOG.md"
-
-current_version="$(
-  perl -ne 'print "$1\n" if /^\s*version = "([^"]+)"\s*$/' "$cargo_toml" | head -n1
-)"
-
-if [[ -z "$current_version" ]]; then
-  echo "error: failed to read current workspace version from $cargo_toml" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-if [[ "$current_version" == "$new_version" ]]; then
-  echo "error: version is already $new_version" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-today="$(date +%F)"
-
-OLD_VERSION="$current_version" NEW_VERSION="$new_version" perl -0pi -e '
-  my $old = $ENV{OLD_VERSION};
-  my $new = $ENV{NEW_VERSION};
-  s/^version = "\Q$old\E"$/version = "$new"/m
-    or die "failed to update workspace version\n";
-' "$cargo_toml"
-
-NEW_VERSION="$new_version" perl -0pi -e '
-  my $new = $ENV{NEW_VERSION};
-  s/version = "=[^"]+"/version = "=$new"/
-    or die "failed to update hr-shape harfrust dependency\n";
-' "$hr_shape_toml"
-
-OLD_VERSION="$current_version" NEW_VERSION="$new_version" TODAY="$today" perl -0pi -e '
-  my $old = $ENV{OLD_VERSION};
-  my $new = $ENV{NEW_VERSION};
-  my $today = $ENV{TODAY};
-
-  s{^## \[Unreleased\]\n}{## [Unreleased]\n\n## [$new] - $today\n\n}m
-    or die "failed to add changelog release heading\n";
-
-  s{^\[Unreleased\]: https://github\.com/harfbuzz/harfrust/compare/\Q$old\E\.\.\.HEAD$}{[Unreleased]: https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfrust/compare/$new...HEAD\n[$new]: https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfrust/compare/$old...$new}m
-    or die "failed to update changelog compare links\n";
-' "$changelog"
-
-echo "bumped version: $current_version -> $new_version"