diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3bdd7cbbf0ad3b69cc4bfdfbd732cc1fd95cd75f..6e434bb532821da4fb2946c0b27b840a6f20e9ee 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ include(FindPkgConfig)
 include(cmake/CheckAtomic.cmake)
 
 set (opendht_VERSION_MAJOR 2)
-set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 4.11)
+set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 4.12)
 set (opendht_VERSION ${opendht_VERSION_MAJOR}.${opendht_VERSION_MINOR})
 set (PACKAGE_VERSION ${opendht_VERSION})
 set (VERSION "${opendht_VERSION}")
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fcbf38eb2296fc924d8d41166890034e387fcfb6..74e5c76b8f442103609f3591e4ccb9c5f672b8d0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl define macros
 m4_define([opendht_major_version], 2)
 m4_define([opendht_minor_version], 4)
-m4_define([opendht_patch_version], 11)
+m4_define([opendht_patch_version], 12)
 m4_define([opendht_version],
 		  [opendht_major_version.opendht_minor_version.opendht_patch_version])