diff --git a/packages/cspell/package.json b/packages/cspell/package.json
index e6da212085a..a601268fea3 100644
--- a/packages/cspell/package.json
+++ b/packages/cspell/package.json
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     "watch": "tsc -b . -w -f",
     "compile": "tsc -b . -f",
     "test-watch": "vitest",
-    "version": "node ./tools/patch-version.mjs",
+    "version": "node ./tools/patch-version.mjs && git add .",
     "prepublishOnly": "pnpm run clean-build",
     "test:update-snapshot": "vitest run --update"
   },
diff --git a/packages/cspell/src/app/pkgInfo.ts b/packages/cspell/src/app/pkgInfo.ts
index 2c69629f4d0..3febb5f6396 100644
--- a/packages/cspell/src/app/pkgInfo.ts
+++ b/packages/cspell/src/app/pkgInfo.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 export { pkgDir } from './dirname.js';
 
 export const name = 'cspell';
-export const version = '8.11.0';
+export const version = '8.12.0';
 export const engines = { node: '>=18' };
 
 export const npmPackage = { name, version, engines };