diff --git a/examples/go.mod b/examples/go.mod
index 2ad34729..f96ece2d 100644
--- a/examples/go.mod
+++ b/examples/go.mod
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/dapr/go-sdk v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	github.com/go-redis/redis/v8 v8.11.5
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.67.0
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.1
 	google.golang.org/grpc/examples v0.0.0-20240516203910-e22436abb809
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2
 )
 
 require (
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/dapr/dapr v1.15.0-rc.1 // indirect
-	github.com/dapr/durabletask-go v0.5.1-0.20241127212625-4232880fd198 // indirect
+	github.com/dapr/durabletask-go v0.5.1-0.20241216172832-16da3e7c3530 // indirect
 	github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f // indirect
 	github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2 // indirect
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ require (
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/marusama/semaphore/v2 v2.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/xhit/go-str2duration/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.30.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.30.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.30.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.29.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.25.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.18.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240924160255-9d4c2d233b61 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.32.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.32.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.32.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.32.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20241202173237-19429a94021a // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/examples/go.sum b/examples/go.sum
index 10484a6b..9dab9543 100644
--- a/examples/go.sum
+++ b/examples/go.sum
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ github.com/dapr/dapr v1.15.0-rc.1 h1:7JP3zSannxQwV27A9pPR2b/DSNmgcSjJOhRDwM4eFpQ
 github.com/dapr/dapr v1.15.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:SycZrBWgfmog+C5T4p0X6VIpnREQ3xajrYxdih+gn9w=
 github.com/dapr/durabletask-go v0.5.1-0.20241127212625-4232880fd198 h1:vTq9HmTXow4iVb/1dO4qVZhK7XC5KlwbLl2iNIE23Qc=
 github.com/dapr/durabletask-go v0.5.1-0.20241127212625-4232880fd198/go.mod h1:C4ykYCSNv1k2C4wvZv11h2ClkE/qsXw0tv6idOWVmDc=
+github.com/dapr/durabletask-go v0.5.1-0.20241216172832-16da3e7c3530/go.mod h1:C4ykYCSNv1k2C4wvZv11h2ClkE/qsXw0tv6idOWVmDc=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc h1:U9qPSI2PIWSS1VwoXQT9A3Wy9MM3WgvqSxFWenqJduM=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
@@ -61,26 +62,35 @@ github.com/xhit/go-str2duration/v2 v2.1.0 h1:lxklc02Drh6ynqX+DdPyp5pCKLUQpRT8bp8
 github.com/xhit/go-str2duration/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:ohY8p+0f07DiV6Em5LKB0s2YpLtXVyJfNt1+BlmyAsU=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.30.0 h1:F2t8sK4qf1fAmY9ua4ohFS/K+FUuOPemHUIXHtktrts=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.30.0/go.mod h1:tFw4Br9b7fOS+uEao81PJjVMjW/5fvNCbpsDIXqP0pc=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.32.0/go.mod h1:00DCVSB0RQcnzlwyTfqtxSm+DRr9hpYrHjNGiBHVQIg=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.30.0 h1:4xNulvn9gjzo4hjg+wzIKG7iNFEaBMX00Qd4QIZs7+w=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.30.0/go.mod h1:aXTfST94tswhWEb+5QjlSqG+cZlmyXy/u8jFpor3WqQ=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.32.0/go.mod h1:jH7CIbbK6SH2V2wE16W05BHCtIDzauciCRLoc/SyMv8=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.30.0 h1:7UBkkYzeg3C7kQX8VAidWh2biiQbtAKjyIML8dQ9wmc=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.30.0/go.mod h1:5EyKqTzzmyqB9bwtCCq6pDLktPK6fmGf/Dph+8VI02o=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.32.0/go.mod h1:+i4rkvCraA+tG6AzwloGaCtkx53Fa+L+V8e9a7YvhT8=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240909161429-701f63a606c0 h1:e66Fs6Z+fZTbFBAxKfP3PALWBtpfqks2bwGcexMxgtk=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240909161429-701f63a606c0/go.mod h1:2TbTHSBQa924w8M6Xs1QcRcFwyucIwBGpK1p2f1YFFY=
 golang.org/x/net v0.29.0 h1:5ORfpBpCs4HzDYoodCDBbwHzdR5UrLBZ3sOnUJmFoHo=
 golang.org/x/net v0.29.0/go.mod h1:gLkgy8jTGERgjzMic6DS9+SP0ajcu6Xu3Orq/SpETg0=
+golang.org/x/net v0.32.0/go.mod h1:CwU0IoeOlnQQWJ6ioyFrfRuomB8GKF6KbYXZVyeXNfs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.25.0 h1:r+8e+loiHxRqhXVl6ML1nO3l1+oFoWbnlu2Ehimmi34=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.25.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/text v0.18.0 h1:XvMDiNzPAl0jr17s6W9lcaIhGUfUORdGCNsuLmPG224=
 golang.org/x/text v0.18.0/go.mod h1:BuEKDfySbSR4drPmRPG/7iBdf8hvFMuRexcpahXilzY=
+golang.org/x/text v0.21.0/go.mod h1:4IBbMaMmOPCJ8SecivzSH54+73PCFmPWxNTLm+vZkEQ=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240924160255-9d4c2d233b61 h1:N9BgCIAUvn/M+p4NJccWPWb3BWh88+zyL0ll9HgbEeM=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240924160255-9d4c2d233b61/go.mod h1:UqMtugtsSgubUsoxbuAoiCXvqvErP7Gf0so0mK9tHxU=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20241202173237-19429a94021a/go.mod h1:5uTbfoYQed2U9p3KIj2/Zzm02PYhndfdmML0qC3q3FU=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.67.0 h1:IdH9y6PF5MPSdAntIcpjQ+tXO41pcQsfZV2RxtQgVcw=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.67.0/go.mod h1:1gLDyUQU7CTLJI90u3nXZ9ekeghjeM7pTDZlqFNg2AA=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.1/go.mod h1:+q1XYFJjShcqn0QZHvCyeR4CXPA+llXIeUIfIe00waw=
 google.golang.org/grpc/examples v0.0.0-20240516203910-e22436abb809 h1:f96Rv5C5Y2CWlbKK6KhKDdyFgGOjPHPEMsdyaxE9k0c=
 google.golang.org/grpc/examples v0.0.0-20240516203910-e22436abb809/go.mod h1:uaPEAc5V00jjG3DPhGFLXGT290RUV3+aNQigs1W50/8=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 h1:6xV6lTsCfpGD21XK49h7MhtcApnLqkfYgPcdHftf6hg=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2/go.mod h1:qYOHts0dSfpeUzUFpOMr/WGzszTmLH+DiWniOlNbLDw=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
diff --git a/version/sdk-version b/version/sdk-version
index cd74ac3b..26ce3613 100644
--- a/version/sdk-version
+++ b/version/sdk-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v1.11.0
+v1.12.0-rc.1