diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1e7dd0e..80ef3a9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+plugin-hostd (0.12.0) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * The verbs the daemon adds are declared in its package of omx-contract's
+    contract directory, verbs.json beside the format tables: each verb's
+    format, reply, refusal codes and what plugin-hostd, omx-clap-host and
+    mod-host owe it. The C names come from plugin_hostd_host_verbs.h, which
+    protocol.h includes, and plugin_hostd_vocabulary.h names the codes (#131).
+  * New package plugin-hostd-contract (Architecture: all): the contract
+    directory's files, /usr/share/omx-contract/contract.d/3/plugin-hostd
+    (MANIFEST.json, formats/clap.json, formats/lv2.json, verbs.json), which
+    programs read at run time. plugin-hostd and plugin-hostd-dev depend on
+    it; it Breaks and Replaces the plugin-hostd-dev that shipped them.
+  * The build needs libomx-contract-dev 3.3.0 or newer, the first schema with
+    the verbs kind, and its check stage the omx-contract command.
+  * A test holds the declared verbs to the daemon on its socket: replies,
+    codes, the verbs it answers itself, and the shapes both hosts answer.
+
+ -- Pau Aliagas <linuxnow@gmail.com>  Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0100
+
 plugin-hostd (0.11.0) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * chain_get <chain> reads a chain back: its worker, its members in the
diff --git a/doc/plugin-hostd-probe.1 b/doc/plugin-hostd-probe.1
index 078f839..cafb77d 100644
--- a/doc/plugin-hostd-probe.1
+++ b/doc/plugin-hostd-probe.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH PLUGIN\-HOSTD\-PROBE 1 "October 2026" "plugin-hostd 0.11.0" "User Commands"
+.TH PLUGIN\-HOSTD\-PROBE 1 "October 2026" "plugin-hostd 0.12.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 plugin\-hostd\-probe \- run a plugin prober under limits and write what happened
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/doc/plugin-hostd.1 b/doc/plugin-hostd.1
index 3459bdd..eb0b7e7 100644
--- a/doc/plugin-hostd.1
+++ b/doc/plugin-hostd.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH PLUGIN\-HOSTD 1 "October 2026" "plugin-hostd 0.11.0" "User Commands"
+.TH PLUGIN\-HOSTD 1 "October 2026" "plugin-hostd 0.12.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 plugin\-hostd \- supervisor of plugin host processes behind one mod\-host protocol socket
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/packaging/plugin-hostd.spec b/packaging/plugin-hostd.spec
index 43efa0a..820aeb0 100644
--- a/packaging/plugin-hostd.spec
+++ b/packaging/plugin-hostd.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %bcond_without check
 
 Name: plugin-hostd
-Version: 0.11.0
+Version: 0.12.0
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: GPL-3.0-or-later
 Summary: Run LV2 and CLAP plugins in a live rig without one crash taking down the show
@@ -145,6 +145,22 @@ make test-daemon check-generated check-rendered
 %{_datadir}/omx-contract/contract.d/3/plugin-hostd/
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Oct 26 2026 Pau Aliagas <linuxnow@gmail.com> - 0.12.0-1
+- The verbs the daemon adds are declared in its package of omx-contract's
+  contract directory, verbs.json beside the format tables: each verb's
+  format, reply, refusal codes and what plugin-hostd, omx-clap-host and
+  mod-host owe it. The C names come from plugin_hostd_host_verbs.h, which
+  protocol.h includes, and plugin_hostd_vocabulary.h names the codes (#131).
+- New noarch package plugin-hostd-contract: the contract directory's files,
+  share/omx-contract/contract.d/3/plugin-hostd (MANIFEST.json,
+  formats/clap.json, formats/lv2.json, verbs.json), which programs read at
+  run time. plugin-hostd and plugin-hostd-devel require it; the files leave
+  plugin-hostd-devel.
+- The build needs omx-contract-devel 3.3.0 or newer, the first schema with
+  the verbs kind, and its check stage the omx-contract command.
+- A test holds the declared verbs to the daemon on its socket: replies,
+  codes, the verbs it answers itself, and the shapes both hosts answer.
+
 * Mon Oct 26 2026 Pau Aliagas <linuxnow@gmail.com> - 0.11.0-1
 - chain_get <chain> reads a chain back: its worker, its members in the
   declared order and the members its worker runs now. A quarantined member
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index fd4e6d2..6bcb53d 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include "verbs.h"
 
 #ifndef VERSION
-#define VERSION "0.11.0"
+#define VERSION "0.12.0"
 #endif
 
 #define SOCKET_DEFAULT_PORT     PHD_DEFAULT_COMMAND_PORT