diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 25493490a..e09395cff 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ android {
         resValue "string", "app_name", "NewPipe"
         minSdkVersion 19
         targetSdkVersion 29
-        versionCode 977
-        versionName "0.21.11"
+        versionCode 978
+        versionName "0.21.12"
 
         multiDexEnabled true
 
diff --git a/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/978.txt b/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/978.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34fa05f85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/978.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed executing the check for a new NewPipe version. This check was executed too early sometimes and therefore lead to an app crash. That should be fixed now.