diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/libgdal.py b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/libgdal.py
index f92a1cdea0ee..c68d175e094a 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/libgdal.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/libgdal.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 elif os.name == "nt":
     # Windows NT shared libraries
     lib_names = [
+        "gdal312",
         "gdal311",
         "gdal310",
         "gdal309",
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
     lib_names = [
         "gdal",
         "GDAL",
+        "gdal3.12.0",
         "gdal3.11.0",
         "gdal3.10.0",
         "gdal3.9.0",
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install/geolibs.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install/geolibs.txt
index 6619bdcc9772..630b60510340 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install/geolibs.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install/geolibs.txt
@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@ Geospatial libraries
 GeoDjango uses and/or provides interfaces for the following open source
 geospatial libraries:
 
-==============================  ====================================  ================================  =======================================================
+==============================  ====================================  ================================  =============================================================
 Program                         Description                           Required                          Supported Versions
-==============================  ====================================  ================================  =======================================================
+==============================  ====================================  ================================  =============================================================
 :ref:`GEOS <geos-overview>`     Geometry Engine Open Source           Yes                               3.14, 3.13, 3.12, 3.11, 3.10, 3.9
 `PROJ`_                         Cartographic Projections library      Yes (PostgreSQL and SQLite only)  9.x, 8.x, 7.x, 6.x
-:ref:`GDAL <gdal-overview>`     Geospatial Data Abstraction Library   Yes                               3.11, 3.10, 3.9, 3.8, 3.7, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1
+:ref:`GDAL <gdal-overview>`     Geospatial Data Abstraction Library   Yes                               3.12, 3.11, 3.10, 3.9, 3.8, 3.7, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1
 :ref:`GeoIP <geoip2-overview>`  IP-based geolocation library          No                                2
 `PostGIS`__                     Spatial extensions for PostgreSQL     Yes (PostgreSQL only)             3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3, 3.2
 `SpatiaLite`__                  Spatial extensions for SQLite         Yes (SQLite only)                 5.1, 5.0, 4.3
-==============================  ====================================  ================================  =======================================================
+==============================  ====================================  ================================  =============================================================
 
 Note that older or more recent versions of these libraries *may* also work
 totally fine with GeoDjango. Your mileage may vary.
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ totally fine with GeoDjango. Your mileage may vary.
     GDAL 3.9.0 2024-05-10
     GDAL 3.10.0 2024-11-06
     GDAL 3.11.0 2025-05-09
+    GDAL 3.12.0 2025-11-07
     PostGIS 3.2.0 2021-12-18
     PostGIS 3.3.0 2022-08-27
     PostGIS 3.4.0 2023-08-15
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ Finally, configure, make and install GDAL:
 
 .. code-block:: shell
 
-    $ cmake ..
+    $ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
     $ cmake --build .
     $ sudo cmake --build . --target install
 
diff --git a/tests/auth_tests/test_handlers.py b/tests/auth_tests/test_handlers.py
index a6b53a9ef11d..77f37db00976 100644
--- a/tests/auth_tests/test_handlers.py
+++ b/tests/auth_tests/test_handlers.py
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ def test_check_password(self):
         self.assertIsNone(check_password({}, "unknown", ""))
 
         # Valid user with correct password
-        self.assertTrue(check_password({}, "test", "test"))
+        self.assertIs(check_password({}, "test", "test"), True)
+
+        # Valid user with incorrect password
+        self.assertIs(check_password({}, "test", "incorrect"), False)
 
         # correct password, but user is inactive
         User.objects.filter(username="test").update(is_active=False)
-        self.assertFalse(check_password({}, "test", "test"))
-
-        # Valid user with incorrect password
-        self.assertFalse(check_password({}, "test", "incorrect"))
+        self.assertIsNone(check_password({}, "test", "test"))
 
     @override_settings(AUTH_USER_MODEL="auth_tests.CustomUser")
     def test_check_password_custom_user(self):
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ def test_check_password_custom_user(self):
         self.assertIsNone(check_password({}, "unknown", ""))
 
         # Valid user with correct password'
-        self.assertTrue(check_password({}, "test@example.com", "test"))
+        self.assertIs(check_password({}, "test@example.com", "test"), True)
 
         # Valid user with incorrect password
-        self.assertFalse(check_password({}, "test@example.com", "incorrect"))
+        self.assertIs(check_password({}, "test@example.com", "incorrect"), False)
 
     def test_groups_for_user(self):
         """