diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index d106245..b95a0be 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ Known issues:
 
 ## not yet released
 
+(nothing yet)
+
+
+## 1.8.12
+
 - [issue #444] Fix the `bunyan` CLI to not duplicate the "HTTP/1.1 ..." status
   line when serializing a "res" field.
 
diff --git a/bin/bunyan b/bin/bunyan
index cac4cd8..7c92819 100755
--- a/bin/bunyan
+++ b/bin/bunyan
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  * vim: expandtab:ts=4:sw=4
  */
 
-var VERSION = '1.8.11';
+var VERSION = '1.8.12';
 
 var p = console.log;
 var util = require('util');
diff --git a/lib/bunyan.js b/lib/bunyan.js
index b6f1674..d5dc1cf 100644
--- a/lib/bunyan.js
+++ b/lib/bunyan.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * vim: expandtab:ts=4:sw=4
  */
 
-var VERSION = '1.8.11';
+var VERSION = '1.8.12';
 
 /*
  * Bunyan log format version. This becomes the 'v' field on all log records.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 00dbd41..162f888 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "bunyan",
-  "version": "1.8.11",
+  "version": "1.8.12",
   "description": "a JSON logging library for node.js services",
   "author": "Trent Mick <trentm@gmail.com> (http://trentm.com)",
   "main": "./lib/bunyan.js",