diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9b1442bbd930062c994581256118254161f860dd..843cf95df022cfb230fa3c31403329eb639f5188 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dnl
 # see what flags are available. (Better yet, read the documentation!)
 #
 
-AC_INIT([The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System], [9.12.1], [glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org], [ghc-AC_PACKAGE_VERSION])
+AC_INIT([The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System], [9.12.2], [glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org], [ghc-AC_PACKAGE_VERSION])
     # Version on master must be X.Y (not X.Y.Z) for ProjectVersionMunged variable
     # to be useful (cf #19058). However, the version must have three components
     # (X.Y.Z) on stable branches (e.g. ghc-9.2) to ensure that pre-releases are
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ AC_INIT([The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System], [9.12.1], [glasgow-ha
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])
 
 # Set this to YES for a released version, otherwise NO
-: ${RELEASE=NO}
+: ${RELEASE=YES}
 
 # The primary version (e.g. 7.5, 7.4.1) is set in the AC_INIT line
 # above.  If this is not a released version, then we will append the