diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 2d9fd5049..02ac5d9b0 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-## Version 1.12, dev
+## Version 1.13, dev
 
+## Version 1.12, release 22.11.2024
+
+* [CHG] Upgraded deps
 * [FIX] Changes file is now reproducible (Thanks to Jeremy Norris)
 * [FIX] Re-add the maven archiver dependency (Thanks to Jeremy Norris)
 * [FIX] Fixed timestamp parsing deprecation (Thanks to Jeremy Norris)
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5079f4ae4..becc7780a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <artifactId>jdeb</artifactId>
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
   <name>jdeb</name>
-  <version>1.11</version>
+  <version>1.12</version>
   <description>
     This library provides an Ant task and a Maven plugin to create Debian packages from Java builds in a truly cross
     platform manner. Build your Debian packages on any platform that has Java support. Windows, Linux, OS X - it doesn't