diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index 2566941e21..c2447cfb5f 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 environment:
   GENERATOR: "MinGW Makefiles"
   UPLOAD_ARTIFACTS: false
-  TARGET_VERSION: '1.2.3'
+  TARGET_VERSION: '1.2.4'
   matrix:
 
     - job_name: 'Ubuntu 20.04'
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 49d42ea619..6275109f2b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ project(hydrogen)
 ## Determine proper semantic version
 set(VERSION_MAJOR "1")
 set(VERSION_MINOR "2")
-set(VERSION_PATCH "3")
+set(VERSION_PATCH "4")
 #set(VERSION_SUFFIX "beta1")
 
 set(VERSION "${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH}")
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 50e4dcd0e0..38898ee883 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-XXXX-XX-XX the hydrogen team <hydrogen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
+2024-12-07 the hydrogen team <hydrogen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
 	* Release 1.2.4
 	* Added
 		- Forward compatibility for `.h2song`, `.h2pattern`, `.h2playlist`, and
diff --git a/data/doc b/data/doc
index a60d24750e..af9903c407 160000
--- a/data/doc
+++ b/data/doc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a60d24750eb1051142885262aed7a65795141e9f
+Subproject commit af9903c407d434eaf32c45f3bccb395942abab65
diff --git a/data/hydrogen.default.conf b/data/hydrogen.default.conf
index 6d869b51d4..97fd5095e9 100644
--- a/data/hydrogen.default.conf
+++ b/data/hydrogen.default.conf
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 	     ######################################################
 	-->
-	<version>1.2.3</version>
+	<version>1.2.4</version>
 	<preferredLanguage></preferredLanguage>
 	<instrumentInputMode>false</instrumentInputMode>
 	<restoreLastSong>true</restoreLastSong>
diff --git a/linux/hydrogen.1 b/linux/hydrogen.1
index 0f6ec89dc6..8c2b15f5d5 100644
--- a/linux/hydrogen.1
+++ b/linux/hydrogen.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH HYDROGEN "12" "January 2024" "Hydrogen 1.2.3" "User Commands"
+.TH HYDROGEN "07" "December 2024" "Hydrogen 1.2.4" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 hydrogen \- a simple drum machine/step sequencer.
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ hydrogen \- a simple drum machine/step sequencer.
 [\fI-v\fR] [\fI-h\fR] \fI-s file\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
-Hydrogen 1.2.3 [http://www.hydrogen\-music.org].
+Hydrogen 1.2.4 [http://www.hydrogen\-music.org].
 Copyright 2002\-2008 Alessandro Cominu,
 Copyright 2008\-2024 The hydrogen development team.
 .PP