diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ba062873..273718ca 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
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-Fail2Ban (version 0.8.12.dev)                                          2013/11/13
+Fail2Ban (version 0.8.12)                                             2014/01/22
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-ver. 0.8.12 (2014/01/XX) - things-can-only-get-better
+ver. 0.8.12 (2014/01/22) - things-can-only-get-better
 -----------
 
 - IMPORTANT incompatible changes:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 24ed11ff..b9b0cc60 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
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                        |  _/ _` | | |/ /| '_ \/ _` | ' \ 
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-                       v0.8.11                 2013/11/13
+                       v0.8.12                 2014/01/22
 
 ## Fail2Ban: ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors
 
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ Optional:
 
 To install, just do:
 
-    tar xvfj fail2ban-0.8.11.tar.bz2
-    cd fail2ban-0.8.11
+    tar xvfj fail2ban-0.8.12.tar.bz2
+    cd fail2ban-0.8.12
     python setup.py install
 
 This will install Fail2Ban into /usr/share/fail2ban. The executable scripts are