diff --git a/gitdb-4.0.11.tar.gz b/gitdb-4.0.11.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 64f5fb1..0000000
--- a/gitdb-4.0.11.tar.gz
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-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:bf5421126136d6d0af55bc1e7c1af1c397a34f5b7bd79e776cd3e89785c2b04b
-size 394469
diff --git a/gitdb-4.0.12.tar.gz b/gitdb-4.0.12.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6729de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitdb-4.0.12.tar.gz
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+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:5ef71f855d191a3326fcfbc0d5da835f26b13fbcba60c32c21091c349ffdb571
+size 394684
diff --git a/python-gitdb.changes b/python-gitdb.changes
index 5345763..4a08515 100644
--- a/python-gitdb.changes
+++ b/python-gitdb.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan 22 11:05:28 UTC 2025 - John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <adrian.glaubitz@suse.com>
+
+- Update to 4.0.12
+  * Never add a vendored smmap directory to sys.path
+  * Revise and update the readme
+  * Set Dependabot submodule update cadence to weekly
+  * Add missing asserts in test_base.py
+  * Use contextlib.suppress instead of except: pass
+  * Add support for Python 3.13
+  * Potential Race Condition Fix - OS Rename & Chmod - PermissionError
+  * Bump gitdb/ext/smmap from 256c5a2 to 04dd210
+  * Bump actions/setup-python from 4 to 5
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Nov 27 19:00:20 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-gitdb.spec b/python-gitdb.spec
index 3b558df..425cff9 100644
--- a/python-gitdb.spec
+++ b/python-gitdb.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-gitdb
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2025 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 %{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 Name:           python-gitdb
-Version:        4.0.11
+Version:        4.0.12
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Git Object Database
 License:        BSD-3-Clause