Merge branch 'cherry-pick-97c73474' into 'master'

version updates for release release-2.12.x

Closes #1762

See merge request !3247

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
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+## [2.12.0]
+
+- [!2.12.0](https://repo1.dso.mil/big-bang/bigbang/-/merge_requests?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=merged&milestone_title=2.12.0); List of merge requests in this release.
+
 ## [2.11.1]
 
 - [!3146](https://repo1.dso.mil/big-bang/bigbang/-/merge_requests/3146): Kyverno update to 3.0.0-bb.3

base/gitrepository.yaml

@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ spec:
   interval: 10m
   url: https://repo1.dso.mil/big-bang/bigbang.git
   ref:
-    tag: 2.11.1
+    tag: 2.12.0

chart/Chart.yaml

 apiVersion: v2
 name: bigbang
-version: 2.11.1
+version: 2.12.0
 description: Big Bang is a declarative, continuous delivery tool for core DoD hardened and approved packages into a Kubernetes cluster.
 
 type: application