diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 3018878e..fd5fe43e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ buildscript {
         opensearch_group = "org.opensearch"
         isSnapshot = "true" == System.getProperty("build.snapshot", "true")
         opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "3.0.0-SNAPSHOT")
-        opensearch_plugin_version = System.getProperty("bwc.version", "2.12.0.0")
+        opensearch_plugin_version = System.getProperty("bwc.version", "2.13.0.0")
         buildVersionQualifier = System.getProperty("build.version_qualifier", "")
         // 2.0.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT -> 2.0.0.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT
         version_tokens = opensearch_version.tokenize('-')
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ ext.getPluginResource = { download_to_folder, download_from_src ->
 }
 
 String baseName = "asynSearchCluster"
-String bwcVersionShort = "2.12.0"
+String bwcVersionShort = "2.13.0"
 String bwcVersion = bwcVersionShort + ".0"
 String bwcFilePath = "src/test/resources/org/opensearch/search/asynchronous/bwc/"
 String bwcRemoteFile = "https://ci.opensearch.org/ci/dbc/distribution-build-opensearch/"+ bwcVersionShort + "/latest/linux/x64/tar/builds/opensearch/plugins/opensearch-asynchronous-search-"+ bwcVersion +".zip"
diff --git a/release-notes/opensearch-asynchronous-search.release-notes-2.12.0.0.md b/release-notes/opensearch-asynchronous-search.release-notes-2.12.0.0.md
index 87951f8a..44de7c44 100644
--- a/release-notes/opensearch-asynchronous-search.release-notes-2.12.0.0.md
+++ b/release-notes/opensearch-asynchronous-search.release-notes-2.12.0.0.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-## Version 2.11.0.0 2023-10-18
+## Version 2.12.0.0 2024-02-13
 
-Compatible with OpenSearch 2.11.0
+Compatible with OpenSearch 2.12.0
+
+### Infrastructure
+* Updates admin credentials used in github workflow and upgrade to Gradle 8.5 ([#522](https://github.com/opensearch-project/asynchronous-search/pull/522))
 
 ### Maintenance
-* Increment version to 2.11.0 ([#446](https://github.com/opensearch-project/asynchronous-search/pull/446))
+* Increment version to 2.12.0 ([#466](https://github.com/opensearch-project/asynchronous-search/pull/466))
\ No newline at end of file
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