diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 52326ef4af192a76fe667564ff46b865f6db039b..a6da052b23b10418ddc58a3e732e863a46faa88f 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 *.xz filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
 *.gz filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
+*.zip filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
diff --git a/backport-Add-compatibility-with-Poppler-25.10-support-for-older-versions-kept.patch b/backport-Add-compatibility-with-Poppler-25.10-support-for-older-versions-kept.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e46949209ca556ea5a0399bf58556f12684cfe9..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/backport-Add-compatibility-with-Poppler-25.10-support-for-older-versions-kept.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-From a716a6cd5ffd779b30950f046fce91878fc97b9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Even Rouault <even.rouault@spatialys.com>
-Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2025 00:50:51 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Add compatibility with Poppler 25.10 (support for older
- versions kept)
-
-Fixes #13173
----
- frmts/pdf/pdfobject.cpp | 12 +++++++++++-
- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/frmts/pdf/pdfobject.cpp b/frmts/pdf/pdfobject.cpp
-index d8ded01d3e4b..2c5c44ba04d9 100644
---- a/frmts/pdf/pdfobject.cpp
-+++ b/frmts/pdf/pdfobject.cpp
-@@ -1437,7 +1437,12 @@ int64_t GDALPDFStreamPoppler::GetLength(int64_t nMaxSize)
- 
- static char *GooStringToCharStart(GooString &gstr)
- {
--    auto nLength = gstr.getLength();
-+#if POPPLER_MAJOR_VERSION > 25 ||                                              \
-+    (POPPLER_MAJOR_VERSION == 25 && POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION >= 10)
-+    const auto nLength = gstr.size();
-+#else
-+    const auto nLength = gstr.getLength();
-+#endif
-     if (nLength)
-     {
-         char *pszContent = static_cast<char *>(VSI_MALLOC_VERBOSE(nLength + 1));
-@@ -1514,7 +1519,12 @@ char *GDALPDFStreamPoppler::GetRawBytes()
-                  "GDALPDFStreamPoppler::GetRawBytes(): %s", e.what());
-         return nullptr;
-     }
-+#if POPPLER_MAJOR_VERSION > 25 ||                                              \
-+    (POPPLER_MAJOR_VERSION == 25 && POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION >= 10)
-+    m_nRawLength = gstr.size();
-+#else
-     m_nRawLength = gstr.getLength();
-+#endif
-     return GooStringToCharStart(gstr);
- }
- 
diff --git a/gdal-3.11.4.tar.xz b/gdal-3.12.0.tar.xz
similarity index 32%
rename from gdal-3.11.4.tar.xz
rename to gdal-3.12.0.tar.xz
index afbd5fc1b890269d2a37ea8164796a21e951b1de..0e1beca575a86c62d72259e3ab04a9cd202bc7da 100644
--- a/gdal-3.11.4.tar.xz
+++ b/gdal-3.12.0.tar.xz
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:6401eba2bb63f5ef7a08d2157f240194f06d508d096898a705637aeea9d3bbe8
-size 9321096
+oid sha256:428c19fff818bbb4136766cfee86fae2eebd3620806aa40af21844f4f0b2dbcf
+size 9590436
diff --git a/gdal.spec b/gdal.spec
index 9f2a9e1a5f2046d27b2eaa87b83edc9a375429e1..e2bcfdf5471e06e1422a4eacfb8ec97e4aacc2c3 100644
--- a/gdal.spec
+++ b/gdal.spec
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:          gdal
-Version:       3.11.4
-Release:       2
+Version:       3.12.0
+Release:       1
 Summary:       GIS file format library
 License:       MIT
 URL:           https://www.gdal.org
 Source0:       https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/%{version}/gdal-%{version}.tar.xz
-Source1:       https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/%{version}/%{name}autotest-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source1:       https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/%{version}/%{name}autotest-%{version}.zip
 # Multilib compatible cpl-config.h header
 Source2:       cpl-config.h
 # Multilib compatible gdal-config script
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ Patch1:        gdal_incompatible-pointer-types.patch
 # Add definitions of missing int16_t and int32_t
 Patch2:        gdal-3.10.2-integer-types.patch
 
-# Fix build with poppler 25.10
-Patch6000:     backport-Add-compatibility-with-Poppler-25.10-support-for-older-versions-kept.patch
-
 BuildRequires: cmake
 BuildRequires: gcc-c++
 BuildRequires: gmock-devel
@@ -194,7 +191,7 @@ rm -rf mrf/LERCV1
 rm -rf third_party/LercLib
 
 # Setup autotest directory
-tar xf %{SOURCE1}
+unzip -q %{SOURCE1}
 mv %{name}autotest-%{version} autotest
 
 # Need to patch autotest
@@ -297,8 +294,8 @@ cp -a %{SOURCE3} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/%{name}-config
 %files libs
 %license LICENSE.TXT
 %doc NEWS.md PROVENANCE.TXT COMMITTERS 
-%{_libdir}/libgdal.so.37
-%{_libdir}/libgdal.so.37.*
+%{_libdir}/libgdal.so.38
+%{_libdir}/libgdal.so.38.*
 %{_datadir}/%{name}/
 %{_libdir}/gdalplugins/
 
@@ -348,6 +345,9 @@ cp -a %{SOURCE3} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/%{name}-config
 %{_jnidir}/%{name}/gdal-%{version}-javadoc.jar
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Nov 17 2025 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 3.12.0-1
+- update to 3.12.0
+
 * Sat Oct 11 2025 lingsheng <lingsheng1@h-partners.com> - 3.11.4-2
 - Add compatibility with Poppler 25.10 (support for older versions kept)
 
diff --git a/gdalautotest-3.11.4.tar.gz b/gdalautotest-3.12.0.zip
similarity index 32%
rename from gdalautotest-3.11.4.tar.gz
rename to gdalautotest-3.12.0.zip
index 870274a627e03f9998dc3e740bef5f651ff8211d..7794ea0fa093e14cba319958415811093448c1b9 100644
--- a/gdalautotest-3.11.4.tar.gz
+++ b/gdalautotest-3.12.0.zip
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:d88502397ae13b65aeb9cee69b010f1808e4db02c769cde49bc9f1bce2932053
-size 18587889
+oid sha256:4b16dec31a22e25609af605f5e38092341868435ecbddfe5b82a93e69df3c6c6
+size 23190787