diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index a328528dc8..c99ba658e8 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "5.11.6"
+  ".": "5.12.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7b96ae66a2..8b998f8043 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [5.12.0](https://github.com/opennextjs/opennextjs-netlify/compare/v5.11.6...v5.12.0) (2025-07-31)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* restore NETLIFY_NEXT_PLUGIN_SKIP ([#3017](https://github.com/opennextjs/opennextjs-netlify/issues/3017)) ([0b51c47](https://github.com/opennextjs/opennextjs-netlify/commit/0b51c4741ee82a230987122c222a14415f65dfd9))
+
 ## [5.11.6](https://github.com/opennextjs/opennextjs-netlify/compare/v5.11.5...v5.11.6) (2025-07-14)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index fc85a0730e..8bbdcddbff 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@netlify/plugin-nextjs",
-  "version": "5.11.6",
+  "version": "5.12.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@netlify/plugin-nextjs",
-      "version": "5.11.6",
+      "version": "5.12.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@fastly/http-compute-js": "1.1.5",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d1e661a626..d869493268 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@netlify/plugin-nextjs",
-  "version": "5.11.6",
+  "version": "5.12.0",
   "description": "Run Next.js seamlessly on Netlify",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "type": "module",