diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index c0e6e18f..1491af1b 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Release History
 
-## 0.12.0-rc0
+## 0.12.0rc0
 
 - feat: Cosmos SDK v0.53.4
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 46d7b5d2..cd618a2e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "cosmpy"
-version = "0.12.0-rc0"
+version = "0.12.0rc0"
 packages = [
     { include = "cosmpy" },
     { include = "gogoproto", from = "cosmpy/protos" }