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) (2025-11-09)
+
+
+### ⚠ 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))
+
+
+### 🩹 Fixes
+
+* correct assertion import syntax in getting-started guide ([#5526](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/issues/5526)) ([fb0215b](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/commit/fb0215bd4fba44fde0cc7b8f9b91a4f07020a13b))
+* handle empty null-prototyped objects ([#5506](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/issues/5506)) ([2a0bce0](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/commit/2a0bce02f6f696c74fb8fdcd9f72089e82935903))
+
+
+### 📚 Documentation
+
+* add maintainer expectations to MAINTAINERS.md ([#5514](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/issues/5514)) ([76f95a1](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/commit/76f95a1113ea0472800ff6b1781f2750836a6db7))
+* migrate programmatic usage to docs, development content to DEVELOPMENT.md ([#5464](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/issues/5464)) ([cb47925](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/commit/cb47925f99b39bd66bdd09218395bf5e0a54802d))
+
+
+### 🧹 Chores
+
+* applied formatting to all files ([#5493](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/issues/5493)) ([76d7194](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/commit/76d719495d09dc4afb37d1179ede8911c52a011e))
+* fix broken link in .github/CONTRIBUTING.md ([681e843](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/commit/681e843800051a9d3ab66c1bfb7ad71428e34315))
+* remove Node.js 18 from test-smoke in CI too ([d643105](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/commit/d643105aa6f3fbac9d13e8a44f4c4c7302512193))
+* switch from Coveralls to Codecov ([#5447](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/issues/5447)) ([f4e7e54](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/commit/f4e7e54eb285765d7c50bce9c501db2e1b1e22be))
+* 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))
+
+
+### 🤖 Automation
+
+* **deps:** bump actions/setup-node in the github-actions group ([#5503](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/issues/5503)) ([9a70533](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/commit/9a7053349589344236b20301de965030eaabfea9))
+
 ## [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": [