diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 3a0bb5cf2..2acfec0e3 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.1.0-alpha.11
+current_version = 0.1.0-alpha.12
 commit = True
 tag = True
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(-(?P<stage>[^.]*)\.(?P<devnum>\d+))?
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 2e3003ba0..6a3f86890 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ author = 'NuCypher'
 # The short X.Y version
 version = ''
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '0.1.0-alpha.11'
+release = '0.1.0-alpha.12'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/nucypher/__about__.py b/nucypher/__about__.py
index b0b35b5b4..67e428e8c 100644
--- a/nucypher/__about__.py
+++ b/nucypher/__about__.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ __url__ = "https://github.com/nucypher/nucypher"
 
 __summary__ = 'A proxy re-encryption network to empower privacy in decentralized systems.'
 
-__version__ = "0.1.0-alpha.11"
+__version__ = "0.1.0-alpha.12"
 
 __author__ = "NuCypher"