diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aede75024..63b89b992 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ PowerModels.jl Change Log
 =========================
 
 ### Staged
-- Update to InfrastructureModels v0.3
-- Update to JuMP v0.20
+- nothing
+
+### v0.12.5
+- Update to InfrastructureModels v0.3 and JuMP v0.20
 - Fixed power balance duals in w-space formulations (#591)
 - Dropped CI on Julia v1.0
 
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index a382e09c1..7c16f6c39 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name = "PowerModels"
 uuid = "c36e90e8-916a-50a6-bd94-075b64ef4655"
 authors = ["Carleton Coffrin"]
 repo = "https://github.com/lanl-ansi/PowerModels.jl"
-version = "0.12.4"
+version = "0.12.5"
 
 [deps]
 InfrastructureModels = "2030c09a-7f63-5d83-885d-db604e0e9cc0"
diff --git a/src/io/matpower.jl b/src/io/matpower.jl
index 8503aaa0e..18c0d89f1 100644
--- a/src/io/matpower.jl
+++ b/src/io/matpower.jl
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ function _matpower_to_powermodels!(mp_data::Dict{String,<:Any})
     # use once available
     InfrastructureModels.arrays_to_dicts!(pm_data)
 
-    for optional in ["dcline", "load", "shunt", "storage"]
+    for optional in ["dcline", "load", "shunt", "storage", "switch"]
         if length(pm_data[optional]) == 0
             pm_data[optional] = Dict{String,Any}()
         end