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+### v12.0.0 (2024-07-31)
+#### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* Dropped support for Node.js 16
+* Removed legacy context manager
+* Removed support for `redis` < 2.6.0
+* Removed instrumentation for `director`
+* Updated `mongodb` instrumentation to drop support for versions 2 and 3
+
+#### Features
+
+* Dropped support for Node.js 16 ([#2394](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2394)) ([1870010](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/1870010a1d7dc417fc03ae526a9709e382b3fe1f))
+* Removed legacy context manager ([#2404](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2404)) ([321244c](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/321244c357bc5dd9b4aeefc308cda5e80b8012b0))
+* Removed support for `redis` < 2.6.0 ([#2405](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2405)) ([e2c0a31](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/e2c0a31b5230e0ffbdc3d4567619190570b7167c))
+* Removed instrumentation for `director` ([#2402](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2402)) ([1b355e7](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/1b355e733aef0e14c5f4cb2899642a3d5b6f18ce))
+* Added `server.address` to amqplib spans ([#2406](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2406)) ([09636a4](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/09636a4ce90969e7aea229ef008bd35f57e09217))
+* Updated `mongodb` instrumentation to drop support for versions 2 and 3 ([#2398](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2398)) ([a0ae32a](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/a0ae32a6a61112e0473d477075543485d02313cf))
+* Migrated instrumentation for `next` into agent ([#2409](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2409)) ([b55d8e1](https://github.com/newr    elic/node-newrelic/commit/b55d8e1ca09e6055ea09f4fcd773a05245e7203f)) 
+  * You no longer need to load Next.js instrumentation via `@newrelic/next`.
+  * Instead you must load the agent via `NODE_OPTIONS='-r newrelic' next start`
+
+#### Documentation
+
+* Updated compatibility report ([#2401](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2401)) ([a53085d](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/a53085ddce2f2d7a4c9288fbf63fbf82436fb15f))
+
+#### Miscellaneous chores
+
+* Added test configs for defined targets in the aws test suite ([#2403](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2403)) ([cf514d9](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/cf514d97b82889b14a342cbded630bae73992c35))
+* Added producer and consumer metrics to kafkajs instrumentation ([#2407](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2407)) ([41c1cc6](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/41c1cc6d9815a1b89a7ab043b5da5f032969a87e))
+* Switched to using Node built-in test runner ([#2387](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2387)) ([b9f64b7](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/b9f64b76b8777fc790a4694a95318f401a56abdd))
+* Updated `@newrelic/native-metrics` to 11.0.0 ([#2412](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2412)) ([aef69e2](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/aef69e28cc3ead2079cfc0bdf9bde74129a3711f))
+* Updated dashboard links in developer-setup.md ([#2397](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2397)) ([16866da](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/16866da381366ad848ea06be44fd838d57c9fb67))
+* Verified MySQL host:port metric is recorded ([#2400](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2400)) ([74176f7](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/74176f77f70247a3cf65b1b49c5414279b4eeca6))
+
+#### Tests
+
+* Removed mongodb-esm tests as they are not atomic and conflicting with mongodb tests in CI ([#2416](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2416)) ([e587b9d](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/e587b9dcb795cca3c29c6e0da18770401c3085a0))
+* Updated minimum version of lesser used versions of 3rd party libraries ([#2399](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2399)) ([ef8c006](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/ef8c00674c22b4794c6cee823d46ad9db7d67fed))
+
 ### v11.23.2 (2024-07-22)
 
 #### Features
diff --git a/changelog.json b/changelog.json
index dcdf1f863f..3379061a26 100644
--- a/changelog.json
+++ b/changelog.json
@@ -1,6 +1,24 @@
 {
   "repository": "newrelic/node-newrelic",
   "entries": [
+    {
+      "version": "12.0.0",
+      "changes": {
+        "security": [
+        ],
+        "bugfixes": [
+        ],
+        "features": [
+          "Added `server.address` to amqplib spans",
+          "Removed support for `redis` < 2.6.0",
+          "Removed legacy context manager",
+          "Removed instrumentation for `director`",
+          "Updated `mongodb` instrumentation to drop support for versions 2 and 3",
+          "Dropped support for Node.js 16",
+          "Migrated instrumentation for `next` into agent"
+        ]
+      }
+    },
     {
       "version": "11.23.2",
       "changes": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9686cbbf33..d2b434184d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "newrelic",
-  "version": "11.23.2",
+  "version": "12.0.0",
   "author": "New Relic Node.js agent team <nodejs@newrelic.com>",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "contributors": [