diff --git a/cmake/versioning.cmake b/cmake/versioning.cmake
index b38f06b..a620b71 100644
--- a/cmake/versioning.cmake
+++ b/cmake/versioning.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 set(SFSE_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
 set(SFSE_VERSION_MINOR 2)
-set(SFSE_VERSION_PATCH 11)
+set(SFSE_VERSION_PATCH 12)
 
 set(RUNTIME_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set(RUNTIME_VERSION_MINOR 13)
diff --git a/sfse_common/sfse_version.h b/sfse_common/sfse_version.h
index 9814fb5..ea56770 100644
--- a/sfse_common/sfse_version.h
+++ b/sfse_common/sfse_version.h
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 // these have to be macros so they can be used in the .rc
 #define SFSE_VERSION_INTEGER		0
 #define SFSE_VERSION_INTEGER_MINOR	2
-#define SFSE_VERSION_INTEGER_BETA	11
-#define SFSE_VERSION_VERSTRING		"0, 0, 2, 11"
+#define SFSE_VERSION_INTEGER_BETA	12
+#define SFSE_VERSION_VERSTRING		"0, 0, 2, 12"
 #define SFSE_VERSION_PADDEDSTRING	"0001"
-#define SFSE_VERSION_RELEASEIDX		18
+#define SFSE_VERSION_RELEASEIDX		19
 
 #define MAKE_EXE_VERSION_EX(major, minor, build, sub)	((((major) & 0xFF) << 24) | (((minor) & 0xFF) << 16) | (((build) & 0xFFF) << 4) | ((sub) & 0xF))
 #define MAKE_EXE_VERSION(major, minor, build)			MAKE_EXE_VERSION_EX(major, minor, build, 0)
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 // information about the state of the game at the time of release
 #define SFSE_TARGETING_BETA_VERSION	0
 #define CURRENT_RELEASE_RUNTIME		RUNTIME_VERSION_1_13_61
-#define CURRENT_RELEASE_SFSE_STR	"0.2.11"
+#define CURRENT_RELEASE_SFSE_STR	"0.2.12"
 
 #if GET_EXE_VERSION_SUB(RUNTIME_VERSION) == RUNTIME_TYPE_BETHESDA
 #define SAVE_FOLDER_NAME "Starfield"
diff --git a/sfse_readme.txt b/sfse_readme.txt
index 2ae15ce..14c39b6 100644
--- a/sfse_readme.txt
+++ b/sfse_readme.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Starfield Script Extender v0.2.11 pre-alpha
+Starfield Script Extender v0.2.12 pre-alpha
 by Ian Patterson, Stephen Abel, and Expired
 
 The Starfield Script Extender, or SFSE for short, is a modder's resource that expands the scripting capabilities of Starfield. As the editor is not out, it's mostly a plugin loader for now. Depending on where modders show interest, this will expand to Scaleform and Papyrus (or other things) over time.
diff --git a/sfse_whatsnew.txt b/sfse_whatsnew.txt
index e0e1353..e71e51d 100644
--- a/sfse_whatsnew.txt
+++ b/sfse_whatsnew.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+0.2.12
+- disabled preliminary serialization API (stability issues to be resolved later)
+
 0.2.11
 - support for 1.13.61