diff --git a/include/etl/atomic/atomic_gcc_sync.h b/include/etl/atomic/atomic_gcc_sync.h
index c866d85e..2bdcea49 100644
--- a/include/etl/atomic/atomic_gcc_sync.h
+++ b/include/etl/atomic/atomic_gcc_sync.h
@@ -222,12 +222,12 @@ namespace etl
     }
 
     // Load
-    T load(etl::memory_order order = etl::memory_order_seq_cst)
+    T load(etl::memory_order order = etl::memory_order_seq_cst) const
     {
       return __sync_fetch_and_add(&value, 0);
     }
 
-    T load(etl::memory_order order = etl::memory_order_seq_cst) volatile
+    T load(etl::memory_order order = etl::memory_order_seq_cst) const volatile
     {
       return __sync_fetch_and_add(&value, 0);
     }
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ namespace etl
     atomic& operator =(const atomic&);
     atomic& operator =(const atomic&) volatile;
 
-    volatile T value;
+    mutable volatile T value;
   };
 
   template <typename T>
@@ -562,12 +562,12 @@ namespace etl
     }
 
     // Load
-    T* load(etl::memory_order order = etl::memory_order_seq_cst)
+    T* load(etl::memory_order order = etl::memory_order_seq_cst) const
     {
       return __sync_fetch_and_add(&value, 0);
     }
 
-    T* load(etl::memory_order order = etl::memory_order_seq_cst) volatile
+    T* load(etl::memory_order order = etl::memory_order_seq_cst) const volatile
     {
       return __sync_fetch_and_add(&value, 0);
     }
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ namespace etl
     atomic& operator =(const atomic&);
     atomic& operator =(const atomic&) volatile;
 
-    volatile T* value;
+    mutable volatile T* value;
   };
 
   typedef etl::atomic<char>                atomic_char;
diff --git a/include/etl/atomic/atomic_std.h b/include/etl/atomic/atomic_std.h
index 7c957cab..fe663ff1 100644
--- a/include/etl/atomic/atomic_std.h
+++ b/include/etl/atomic/atomic_std.h
@@ -210,12 +210,12 @@ namespace etl
     }
 
     // Load
-    T load(etl::memory_order order = etl::memory_order_seq_cst)
+    T load(etl::memory_order order = etl::memory_order_seq_cst) const
     {
       return value.load(order);
     }
 
-    T load(etl::memory_order order = etl::memory_order_seq_cst) volatile
+    T load(etl::memory_order order = etl::memory_order_seq_cst) const volatile
     {
       return value.load(order);
     }
diff --git a/include/etl/version.h b/include/etl/version.h
index fb81796b..c13c8c8e 100644
--- a/include/etl/version.h
+++ b/include/etl/version.h
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ SOFTWARE.
 /// Definitions of the ETL version
 ///\ingroup utilities
 
-#define ETL_VERSION "11.12.0"
+#define ETL_VERSION "11.12.1"
 #define ETL_VERSION_MAJOR 11
 #define ETL_VERSION_MINOR 12
-#define ETL_VERSION_PATCH  0
+#define ETL_VERSION_PATCH  1
 
 #endif
 
diff --git a/support/Release notes.txt b/support/Release notes.txt
index fc86ae10..7ef5910e 100644
--- a/support/Release notes.txt	
+++ b/support/Release notes.txt	
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+===============================================================================
+11.12.1
+Made atomic load const for non STL vesions
+
 ===============================================================================
 11.12.0
 Renamed STATIC_ASSERT to ETL_STATIC_ASSERT