diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 082eca37f9560097afe329e6f2ffc23bd18eaf39..d004c78b637cb73b807614d0009b1341f399c53e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dnl Copyright (c) 2007-2015, The Tor Project, Inc.
 dnl See LICENSE for licensing information
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.63])
-AC_INIT([tor],[0.2.8.11-dev])
+AC_INIT([tor],[0.2.8.12])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/or/main.c])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 
diff --git a/contrib/win32build/tor-mingw.nsi.in b/contrib/win32build/tor-mingw.nsi.in
index af5aa67a2d29282b54e6284210ac4a0291793db0..81321087dfc055b185fc56fe5d53032f5287cae6 100644
--- a/contrib/win32build/tor-mingw.nsi.in
+++ b/contrib/win32build/tor-mingw.nsi.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 !include "LogicLib.nsh"
 !include "FileFunc.nsh"
 !insertmacro GetParameters
-!define VERSION "0.2.8.11-dev"
+!define VERSION "0.2.8.12"
 !define INSTALLER "tor-${VERSION}-win32.exe"
 !define WEBSITE "https://www.torproject.org/"
 !define LICENSE "LICENSE"
diff --git a/src/win32/orconfig.h b/src/win32/orconfig.h
index b05335c436f027baf602efe45fd7a72efe4833a4..97263bae2a376bf605bf748215c19156ab0ad220 100644
--- a/src/win32/orconfig.h
+++ b/src/win32/orconfig.h
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
 #define USING_TWOS_COMPLEMENT
 
 /* Version number of package */
-#define VERSION "0.2.8.11-dev"
+#define VERSION "0.2.8.12"