diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index e0847f8e8e..29346d34ba 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 environment:
   GENERATOR: "MinGW Makefiles"
   UPLOAD_ARTIFACTS: false
-  TARGET_VERSION: '1.2.2'
+  TARGET_VERSION: '1.2.3'
   matrix:
 
     - job_name: 'Ubuntu 20.04'
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fd6e98308a..5d12f6ea63 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 "2")
+set(VERSION_PATCH "3")
 #set(VERSION_SUFFIX "beta1")
 
 set(VERSION "${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH}")
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 37f86da69a..6254de75ed 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-XXXX-XX-XX the hydrogen team <hydrogen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
+2024-01-12 the hydrogen team <hydrogen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
 	* Release 1.2.3
 	* Added
 		- Forward compatibility for .h2song and drumkit changes introduced in
diff --git a/data/doc b/data/doc
index c0a86baea3..a60d24750e 160000
--- a/data/doc
+++ b/data/doc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c0a86baea36582ccb00ec803efc2b642c9cbb174
+Subproject commit a60d24750eb1051142885262aed7a65795141e9f
diff --git a/linux/hydrogen.1 b/linux/hydrogen.1
index 8d8c775ea5..f76c624f65 100644
--- a/linux/hydrogen.1
+++ b/linux/hydrogen.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH HYDROGEN "9" "September 2023" "Hydrogen 1.2.2" "User Commands"
+.TH HYDROGEN "12" "January 2024" "Hydrogen 1.2.3" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 hydrogen \- a simple drum machine/step sequencer.
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ hydrogen \- a simple drum machine/step sequencer.
 [\fI-v\fR] [\fI-h\fR] \fI-s file\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
-Hydrogen 1.2.2 [http://www.hydrogen\-music.org].
+Hydrogen 1.2.3 [http://www.hydrogen\-music.org].
 Copyright 2002\-2008 Alessandro Cominu,
-Copyright 2008\-2023 The hydrogen development team.
+Copyright 2008\-2024 The hydrogen development team.
 .PP
 Hydrogen is an advanced drum machine for GNU/Linux.
 It's main goal is to bring professional yet simple and intuitive pattern-based drum programming.