diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d1b0dcf5..b3fc3a64 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@ Supported by @rmescandon (https://launchpad.net/~rmescandon/+archive/ubuntu/yq)
 - [Update yaml inplace](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/v/v4.x/commands/evaluate#flags)
 - [Complex expressions to select and update](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/operators/select#select-and-update-matching-values-in-map)
 - Keeps yaml formatting and comments when updating (though there are issues with whitespace)
-- [Convert to/from json to yaml](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/v/v4.x/usage/convert)
+- [Convert to/from json](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/v/v4.x/usage/convert)
+- [Convert to properties](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/v/v4.x/usage/properties)
 - [Pipe data in by using '-'](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/v/v4.x/commands/evaluate)
 - [General shell completion scripts (bash/zsh/fish/powershell)](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/v/v4.x/commands/shell-completion)
 - [Reduce](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/operators/reduce) to merge multiple files or sum an array or other fancy things.
diff --git a/cmd/version.go b/cmd/version.go
index 12ccc0a5..d0b411c4 100644
--- a/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cmd/version.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var (
 	GitDescribe string
 
 	// Version is main version number that is being run at the moment.
-	Version = "4.11.2"
+	Version = "4.12.0"
 
 	// VersionPrerelease is a pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 	// then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
diff --git a/github-action/Dockerfile b/github-action/Dockerfile
index a2bee18c..6e6c18bd 100644
--- a/github-action/Dockerfile
+++ b/github-action/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM mikefarah/yq:4.11.2
+FROM mikefarah/yq:4.12.0
 
 COPY entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
 
diff --git a/release_notes.txt b/release_notes.txt
index c27a740b..efb8f767 100644
--- a/release_notes.txt
+++ b/release_notes.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 4.12.0:
-- Can now convert yaml to properties properties format (`-o=props`), See [] for more info.
+- Can now convert yaml to properties properties format (`-o=props`), See [docs](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/v/v4.x/usage/properties) for more info.
 - Fixed document header/footer comment handling when merging (https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/issues/919)
 - pretty print yaml 1.1 compatibility  (https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/issues/914)
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 4e238a93..8d3d910a 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: yq
-version: '4.11.2'
+version: '4.12.0'
 summary: A lightweight and portable command-line YAML processor
 description: |
   The aim of the project is to be the jq or sed of yaml files.