diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b4bfb57..92a23f4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [12.5.0](https://github.com/yajra/laravel-datatables-html/compare/v12.4.0...v12.5.0) (2025-10-07)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **Builder:** add theadClass property getter ([a07184a](https://github.com/yajra/laravel-datatables-html/commit/a07184a943d9eac61c845aa6fd015603ee416673))
+
 # [12.4.0](https://github.com/yajra/laravel-datatables-html/compare/v12.3.1...v12.4.0) (2025-10-07)
 
 
diff --git a/src/Html/Builder.php b/src/Html/Builder.php
index fa2b434..9e27e92 100644
--- a/src/Html/Builder.php
+++ b/src/Html/Builder.php
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ public function table(array $attributes = [], bool $drawFooter = false, bool $dr
                 ? '<tr class="search-filter">'.implode('', $this->compileTableSearchHeaders()).'</tr>'
                 : '';
 
-        $tableHtml .= '<thead'.($this->theadClass ?? '').'>';
+        $tableHtml .= '<thead'.($this->getTheadClass() ?? '').'>';
         $tableHtml .= '<tr>'.implode('', $th).'</tr>'.$searchHtml.'</thead>';
 
         if ($drawFooter) {
diff --git a/src/Html/HasTable.php b/src/Html/HasTable.php
index aa6c4bb..b5a7912 100644
--- a/src/Html/HasTable.php
+++ b/src/Html/HasTable.php
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ public function setTableHeadClass(string $class): static
         return $this;
     }
 
+    public function getTheadClass(): ?string
+    {
+        return $this->theadClass;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Remove class names from the "class" attribute of HTML table.
      *