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+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
+
+## [12.0.0](https://github.com/mojaloop/event-sidecar/compare/v12.0.0-snapshot.6...v12.0.0) (2022-07-18)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* **mojaloop/#2092:** Major version bump for node v16 LTS support, re-structuring of project directories to align to core Mojaloop repositories and docker image now uses `/opt/app` instead of `/opt/event-sidecar` which will impact config mounts.
+
+### Features
+
+* **mojaloop/#2092:** upgrade nodeJS version for core services ([#49](https://github.com/mojaloop/event-sidecar/issues/49)) ([138c8bf](https://github.com/mojaloop/event-sidecar/commit/138c8bf0e41e53be71ecd72202c4155df6e3521f)), closes [mojaloop/#2092](https://github.com/mojaloop/project/issues/2092)
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 {
     "name": "event-sidecar",
-    "version": "12.0.0-snapshot.6",
+    "version": "12.0.0",
     "lockfileVersion": 2,
     "requires": true,
     "packages": {
         "": {
             "name": "event-sidecar",
-            "version": "12.0.0-snapshot.6",
+            "version": "12.0.0",
             "license": "Apache-2.0",
             "dependencies": {
                 "@hapi/address": "4.1.0",
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 {
     "name": "event-sidecar",
     "description": "Event Sidecar is used to route an event to Kafka",
-    "version": "12.0.0-snapshot.6",
+    "version": "12.0.0",
     "author": "ModusBox",
     "contributors": [
         "Rajiv Mothilal <rajiv.mothilal@modusbox.com>",