diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 5cbd1679e..151e65847 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package: rgl
-Version: 1.3.11
+Version: 1.3.12
 Title: 3D Visualization Using OpenGL
 Authors@R: c(person("Duncan", "Murdoch", role = c("aut", "cre"),
                      email = "murdoch.duncan@gmail.com"),
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ Authors@R: c(person("Duncan", "Murdoch", role = c("aut", "cre"),
               person("George", "Helffrich", role = "ctb"),
               person("Ivan", "Krylov", role = "ctb"),
               person("Michael", "Sumner", role = "ctb"),
-              person("Mike", "Stein", role = "ctb"))
+              person("Mike", "Stein", role = "ctb"),
+              person("Jonathon", "Love", role = "ctb"))
 Depends: R (>= 3.6.0)
 Suggests: MASS, markdown (>= 1.12), 
           rmarkdown (>= 2.16), deldir (>= 1.0-4), orientlib, lattice, misc3d,
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index fbb760dbb..e7297bbd3 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-# rgl 1.3.11
+# rgl 1.3.12
 
 ## Minor changes
 
 * `readSTL()` can now read (some) ASCII format STL files.
 * The configure script has had minor changes, and autoconf
 support files have been updated.
+* `uname` is no longer used during startup (PR #435
+submitted by Jonathon Love).
 
 ## Bug fixes
 
diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
index 14c1331ab..af8e6b026 100644
--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -283,3 +283,4 @@ Tomas Kalibera for `winutf8` and other help.
 David Hugh-Jones for documentation improvements.  
 Trevor Davis for a `snapshot3d` patch.
 Mike Stein for pointer-handling code.
+Jonathon Love for the `uname` patch.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 78b7259f4..f2a374bea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ Binary builds of `rgl` are available for some platforms on CRAN.
 For source builds, install the prerequisites as described above,
 download the tarball and at the command line run
 
-    R CMD INSTALL rgl_1.3.6.tar.gz
+    R CMD INSTALL rgl_1.3.11.tar.gz
 
 (with the appropriate version of the tarball). The build uses an
 `autoconf` configure script; to see the options, expand the tarball and
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ As of version 0.104.1, it is possible to build the package without
 OpenGL support on Unix-alikes (including macOS) with the configure
 option –disable-opengl For example,
 
-    R CMD INSTALL --configure-args="--disable-opengl" rgl_1.3.6.tar.gz 
+    R CMD INSTALL --configure-args="--disable-opengl" rgl_1.3.11.tar.gz 
 
 On Windows, OpenGL support cannot currently be disabled.
 
@@ -220,4 +220,4 @@ Michael Sumner for as.mesh3d.default enhancement.
 Tomas Kalibera for `winutf8` and other help.  
 David Hugh-Jones for documentation improvements.  
 Trevor Davis for a `snapshot3d` patch. Mike Stein for pointer-handling
-code.
+code. Jonathon Love for the `uname` patch.