diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5893d0c02..9a323784a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-v0.12.4 (unreleased)
+v0.12.4 (2016-11-22)
 --------------------
 * add support for building with VS2015
 * update OpenSSL to 1.0.2j and libpng to 1.6.26
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index fcd25c0fb..e01e0ddd8 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.12.4-dev
\ No newline at end of file
+0.12.4