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Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:34:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 12.0.0

---
 .release-please-manifest.json |  2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                  | 15 +++++++++++++++
 package-lock.json             |  4 ++--
 package.json                  |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index af8cc29f4b..9259d40242 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "11.2.0"
+  ".": "12.0.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5d7c571419..68552635e7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [12.0.0](https://github.com/trussworks/react-uswds/compare/11.2.0...12.0.0) (2026-07-20)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* **package-manager:** Use npm instead of yarn ([#3500](https://github.com/trussworks/react-uswds/issues/3500))
+* Refactor Alert component for composability ([#3497](https://github.com/trussworks/react-uswds/issues/3497))
+* Upgrade Node.js dependencies (Actions and Supported versions) ([#3498](https://github.com/trussworks/react-uswds/issues/3498))
+
+### Features
+
+* **package-manager:** Use npm instead of yarn ([#3500](https://github.com/trussworks/react-uswds/issues/3500)) ([061db30](https://github.com/trussworks/react-uswds/commit/061db3072ae9e01c09f7b0872ab21db063688e54))
+* Refactor Alert component for composability ([#3497](https://github.com/trussworks/react-uswds/issues/3497)) ([7bf790e](https://github.com/trussworks/react-uswds/commit/7bf790eb71b3342b29e40e0c539187730536d4d3))
+* Upgrade Node.js dependencies (Actions and Supported versions) ([#3498](https://github.com/trussworks/react-uswds/issues/3498)) ([1c8b5b4](https://github.com/trussworks/react-uswds/commit/1c8b5b4f7b0e1e6a1dd98107cc06c03fe4bd3a0b))
+
 ## [11.2.0](https://github.com/trussworks/react-uswds/compare/11.1.0...11.2.0) (2026-07-16)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d268203cf0..9dfce671c5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@trussworks/react-uswds",
-  "version": "11.2.0",
+  "version": "12.0.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@trussworks/react-uswds",
-      "version": "11.2.0",
+      "version": "12.0.0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@babel/core": "^8.0.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 088cad7c65..4c55c3cf82 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@trussworks/react-uswds",
-  "version": "11.2.0",
+  "version": "12.0.0",
   "description": "React USWDS 3 component library",
   "keywords": [
     "react",