diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 77756c6..5509063 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,22 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.12.5] - 2026-06-17
+
+### Added
+
+- **`AsyncChatMemorySession`** — async counterpart to `ChatMemorySession` for use with
+  `AsyncDakeraClient`. Supports `async with` context manager, async factory
+  `await AsyncChatMemorySession.create(client, agent_id)`, and the same
+  `store`/`recall`/`close` API as the sync class. Exported as
+  `dakera.AsyncChatMemorySession`. (DAK-6895, [#160](https://github.com/Dakera-AI/dakera-py/pull/160))
+
+### Internal
+
+- **CI version-drift gate** — `__version__` in `src/dakera/__init__.py` is now
+  asserted to match `pyproject.toml` on every CI run to prevent version skew.
+  (DAK-6850, [#159](https://github.com/Dakera-AI/dakera-py/pull/159))
+
 ## [0.12.4] - 2026-06-16
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 84d87e4..e402ea5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "dakera"
-version = "0.12.4"
+version = "0.12.5"
 description = "Python SDK for Dakera - AI memory platform"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = {text = "MIT"}
diff --git a/src/dakera/__init__.py b/src/dakera/__init__.py
index 3f59645..4b7b955 100644
--- a/src/dakera/__init__.py
+++ b/src/dakera/__init__.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
         DakeraDelegationHelper,
     )
 
-__version__ = "0.12.4"
+__version__ = "0.12.5"
 __all__ = [
     # Clients
     "DakeraClient",