diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 59b99ee..f8dd04a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ issue-generator NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
 
 Copyright (C) 2016 Thorsten Kukuk
 
+Version 1.2
+* Add README.md
+
 Version 1.1
 * Fix several typos
 * Reload agetty if we re-create /run/issue
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f7a1460..de12a19 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-AC_INIT(issue-generator, 1.1)
+AC_INIT(issue-generator, 1.2)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([sbin/issue-generator.in])
 AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT(/usr)