diff --git a/kong-0.12.0rc2-0.rockspec b/kong-0.12.0-0.rockspec
similarity index 99%
rename from kong-0.12.0rc2-0.rockspec
rename to kong-0.12.0-0.rockspec
index 018dd8f5be84..c79745dc8998 100644
--- a/kong-0.12.0rc2-0.rockspec
+++ b/kong-0.12.0-0.rockspec
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package = "kong"
-version = "0.12.0rc2-0"
+version = "0.12.0-0"
 supported_platforms = {"linux", "macosx"}
 source = {
   url = "git://github.com/Kong/kong",
-  tag = "0.12.0rc2"
+  tag = "0.12.0"
 }
 description = {
   summary = "Kong is a scalable and customizable API Management Layer built on top of Nginx.",
diff --git a/kong/meta.lua b/kong/meta.lua
index 80b77e9bf49d..cb74b2dac106 100644
--- a/kong/meta.lua
+++ b/kong/meta.lua
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ local version = setmetatable({
   major = 0,
   minor = 12,
   patch = 0,
-  suffix = "rc2"
+  --suffix = ""
 }, {
   __tostring = function(t)
     return string.format("%d.%d.%d%s", t.major, t.minor, t.patch,