diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fc856be..fb21e10 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 > This project uses [Break Versioning](https://github.com/ptaoussanis/encore/blob/master/BREAK-VERSIONING.md) as of **Aug 16, 2014**.
 
+## v2.12.0-RC2 / 2016 Jul 17
+
+```clojure
+[com.taoensso/nippy "2.12.0-RC2"]
+```
+
+Changes since `2.12.0-RC1`:
+
+* **New**: Experimental `cache` feature now supports metadata
+* **Impl**: Some additional minor performance improvements
+
 ## v2.12.0-RC1 / 2016 Jun 23
 
 ```clojure
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 16a4174..e5cad91 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 **[CHANGELOG]** | [API] | current [Break Version]:
 
 ```clojure
-[com.taoensso/nippy "2.12.0-RC1"] ; Dev (unstable), see CHANGELOG for details
+[com.taoensso/nippy "2.12.0-RC2"] ; Dev (unstable), see CHANGELOG for details
 [com.taoensso/nippy "2.11.1"]     ; Stable
 ```
 
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 07223d7..71f9e8a 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "2.12.0-RC1"
+(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "2.12.0-RC2"
   :author "Peter Taoussanis <https://www.taoensso.com>"
   :description "High-performance serialization library for Clojure"
   :url "https://github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy"