diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ed9ddd3a..d32be62b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## 12.0.4
+ - [DOC] Update Cloud terminology [#1211](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-elasticsearch/pull/1211)
+
 ## 12.0.3
  - Demote connection log entry from WARN to INFO connection during register phase [#1211](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-elasticsearch/pull/1211)
 
diff --git a/docs/index.asciidoc b/docs/index.asciidoc
index bbaefe4d..df4f2a43 100644
--- a/docs/index.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/index.asciidoc
@@ -65,9 +65,10 @@ Set the value to port :443 instead.
 For more info on sending data from {ls} to {es-serverless}, check out the {serverless-docs}/elasticsearch/what-is-elasticsearch-serverless[{es-serverless} docs].
 
 [id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-ess"]
-==== Hosted {es} Service on Elastic Cloud
+==== {ls} to {ech}
 
-{ess-leadin}
+You can run Elasticsearch on your own hardware or use Elastic Cloud Hosted, available on AWS, GCP, and Azure.
+Try Elastic Cloud Hosted for free: https://cloud.elastic.co/registration.
 
 ==== Compatibility with the Elastic Common Schema (ECS)
 
diff --git a/logstash-output-elasticsearch.gemspec b/logstash-output-elasticsearch.gemspec
index 34e1beff..461408fd 100644
--- a/logstash-output-elasticsearch.gemspec
+++ b/logstash-output-elasticsearch.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name            = 'logstash-output-elasticsearch'
-  s.version         = '12.0.3'
+  s.version         = '12.0.4'
   s.licenses        = ['apache-2.0']
   s.summary         = "Stores logs in Elasticsearch"
   s.description     = "This gem is a Logstash plugin required to be installed on top of the Logstash core pipeline using $LS_HOME/bin/logstash-plugin install gemname. This gem is not a stand-alone program"