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 # Release Notes
 
+### 3.12.0 (May 02, 2017)
+* [CB-12684](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-12684): added `package.json` to default hello world app
+* Add github pull request template
+
 ### 3.11.0 (Sep 29, 2016)
 * [CB-11938](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-11938) updated csp to include content: for img-src
 * [CB-11412](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-11412) Update templates to designate template source dir
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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 {
   "name": "cordova-app-hello-world",
-  "version": "3.11.1-dev",
+  "version": "3.12.0",
   "description": "This is the hello world app used by the `cordova create` command.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",