diff --git a/api/releases/v1.12.0-rc.toml b/api/releases/v1.12.0.toml
similarity index 94%
rename from api/releases/v1.12.0-rc.toml
rename to api/releases/v1.12.0.toml
index 12244bb5c6..2a6d887829 100644
--- a/api/releases/v1.12.0-rc.toml
+++ b/api/releases/v1.12.0.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ignore_deps = [ "github.com/containerd/containerd" ]
 # previous release
 previous = "api/v1.11.0"
 
-pre_release = true
+pre_release = false
 
 preface = """\
 The 13th release for the containerd 1.x API aligns with the containerd 2.4 release.