diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 926a596..279a60f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
-Release 0.8.10.1
-==============================================================
-Maintenance release.
+Release 0.8.12
+==================================================================
+
+Release 0.8.9 (2015-11-06 Wolfgang Ulbrich <chat-to-me@raveit.de>)
+==================================================================
+COMPIZ-RELOADED
+
+Accept <Primary> as <Control>.
+
+MATE support.
+
+Do not use GConf in any session.
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index eff82cd..efde3e8 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION=0.8.10.1
+VERSION=0.8.12
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7572418..01fa8f7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.57)
 
-AC_INIT([libcompizconfig], [0.8.10.1], [dev@opencompositing.org])
+AC_INIT([libcompizconfig], [0.8.12], [chat-to-me@raveit.de])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.9 tar-ustar dist-xz no-dist-gzip check-news])
 
 AC_PROG_CXX