diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 411da0b55..90813ddcb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # explicit defines for separate revision handling
 define(ver_major, 3)
-define(ver_minor, 11)
-define(ver_micro, 1)
+define(ver_minor, 12)
+define(ver_micro, 0)
 define(rel_cycle, "ver_major.0")
 
 # sync with current git