diff --git a/.changeset/reference-host-and-cli.md b/.changeset/reference-host-and-cli.md
deleted file mode 100644
index c3f49c0..0000000
--- a/.changeset/reference-host-and-cli.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
----
-"kit": minor
----
-
-feat: the embeddable reference host and the `shellcade-kit` CLI now ship in the module
-
-The host that runs a wasm game against the ABI is now public under `host/`:
-`host/gameabi` (the wasm host), `host/sdk` (the room engine + service
-interfaces), `host/render` + `host/canvas` (the 80×24 framebuffer and ANSI
-render), `host/blobstore` (hibernation snapshots), `host/memsvc` (in-memory
-service implementations), and `host/gameabi/conformance` (the game conformance
-harness). `cmd/shellcade-kit` (`new` / `check` / `play` / `smoke`) is built from
-that reference host, so the CLI and the conformance gate run the exact host a
-game runs on — no separate host binary required.
-
-Additive only: the guest SDK and the ABI are unchanged.
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 995004e..5de2985 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 # kit
 
+## 2.12.0
+
+### Minor Changes
+
+- 27e815a: feat: the embeddable reference host and the `shellcade-kit` CLI now ship in the module
+
+  The host that runs a wasm game against the ABI is now public under `host/`:
+  `host/gameabi` (the wasm host), `host/sdk` (the room engine + service
+  interfaces), `host/render` + `host/canvas` (the 80×24 framebuffer and ANSI
+  render), `host/blobstore` (hibernation snapshots), `host/memsvc` (in-memory
+  service implementations), and `host/gameabi/conformance` (the game conformance
+  harness). `cmd/shellcade-kit` (`new` / `check` / `play` / `smoke`) is built from
+  that reference host, so the CLI and the conformance gate run the exact host a
+  game runs on — no separate host binary required.
+
+  Additive only: the guest SDK and the ABI are unchanged.
+
 ## 2.11.1
 
 ### Patch Changes
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 77bb10a..26e96f4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "kit",
-  "version": "2.11.1",
+  "version": "2.12.0",
   "private": true,
   "description": "Version management for the shellcade gamekit (Go module + CLI). Versions and changelogs are driven by changesets; binaries by GoReleaser.",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index 18dec9a..6a0ca3e 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 [package]
 name = "shellcade-kit"
-version = "2.11.1"
+version = "2.12.0"
 edition = "2021"
 # #[unsafe(no_mangle)] (emitted by shellcade_game! so expansions survive
 # edition-2024 game crates) stabilized in 1.82.