diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index ad08127fd1..03f1a2807b 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 OpenLDAP Change Log
 
+Changes included in OpenLDAP 1.2 Release Engineering
+	CVS Tag: OPENLDAP_REL_ENG_1_2
+
 Changes included in OpenLDAP 1.2.3
 	CVS Tag: OPENLDAP_REL_ENG_1_2_3
 	Fixed indexing of normalized dn length bug (ITS#189)
diff --git a/build/version b/build/version
index 5725bdd80d..bcf02c1c8d 100644
--- a/build/version
+++ b/build/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.2.3-Release
+1.2.4-Engineering