diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index abc1978..ca5be45 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dnl Copyright 2002-2008, 2010, 2012-2015, 2017, 2021, 2023-2024 Andrew Wood
 dnl
 dnl License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later; see `docs/COPYING'.
 
-AC_INIT([pv], [1.8.10], [pv@ivarch.com], [pv], [https://www.ivarch.com/programs/pv.shtml])
+AC_INIT([pv], [1.8.12], [pv@ivarch.com], [pv], [https://www.ivarch.com/programs/pv.shtml])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/include/config.h.in])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([src/include/config.h])
diff --git a/docs/NEWS.md b/docs/NEWS.md
index 46315fc..35a8081 100644
--- a/docs/NEWS.md
+++ b/docs/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-### UNRELEASED
+### 1.8.12 - 18 July 2024
 
  * fix: correct the detection of output block device size that was broken in 1.8.10 ([#91](https://codeberg.org/a-j-wood/pv/issues/91))
  * fix: do not treat a zero/interrupted write as an end of file (pull requests [#92](https://codeberg.org/a-j-wood/pv/pulls/92) and [#93](https://codeberg.org/a-j-wood/pv/pulls/93))
diff --git a/docs/pv.1 b/docs/pv.1
index d3ccbf2..78c082f 100644
--- a/docs/pv.1
+++ b/docs/pv.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH PV 1 "June 2024" Linux "User Manuals"
+.TH PV 1 "July 2024" Linux "User Manuals"
 .SH NAME
 pv \- monitor the progress of data through a pipe
 .SH SYNOPSIS