chore(main): release 12.0.0

Author: github-actions[bot]

.github/release-please/manifest.json

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-{".":"11.7.4"}
+{".":"12.0.0"}

CHANGELOG.md

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 # Changelog
 
+## [12.0.0](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/compare/v11.7.4...v12.0.0) (2025-10-02)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* bump minimum Node.js version from 18.18.0 to 20.19.0 ([#5477](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/issues/5477))
+
+### 🌟 Features
+
+* bump minimum Node.js version from 18.18.0 to 20.19.0 ([#5477](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/issues/5477)) ([1c34eef](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/commit/1c34eef426f29e5e46ec348272ccaa869ae43922))
+
+
+### 🧹 Chores
+
+* remove Node.js 18 from test-smoke in CI too ([d643105](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/commit/d643105aa6f3fbac9d13e8a44f4c4c7302512193))
+* use `ps-list` instead of `pidtree` to remove wmic ([#5479](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/issues/5479)) ([b2985b3](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/commit/b2985b3428b4b88ca220a14a26e9eb7139e8d445))
+
 ## [11.7.4](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/compare/v11.7.3...v11.7.4) (2025-10-01)
 
 

package-lock.json

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 {
   "name": "mocha",
-  "version": "11.7.4",
+  "version": "12.0.0",
   "type": "commonjs",
   "description": "simple, flexible, fun test framework",
   "keywords": [