diff --git a/bindings/java/build.xml b/bindings/java/build.xml
index 74fd74af5d3ba56ab7e1b811bd86630ef7b01e87..2893c94d14e3d239641c7507c4ae9e95db004131 100644
--- a/bindings/java/build.xml
+++ b/bindings/java/build.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<import file="build-${os.family}.xml"/>
 
     <!-- Careful changing this because release-windows.pl updates it by pattern -->
-<property name="VERSION" value="4.11.1"/>
+<property name="VERSION" value="4.12.0"/>
 
 	<!-- set global properties for this build -->
 	<property name="default-jar-location" location="/usr/share/java"/>
diff --git a/bindings/java/doxygen/Doxyfile b/bindings/java/doxygen/Doxyfile
index a5d8817946c13cff8a6c7f596189432f76125639..f0e8734ea9aa7e1e84b31fb9d63c3fc87f9bea7f 100644
--- a/bindings/java/doxygen/Doxyfile
+++ b/bindings/java/doxygen/Doxyfile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "Sleuth Kit Java Bindings (JNI)"
 # control system is used.
 
 # NOTE: This is updated by the release-unix.pl script
-PROJECT_NUMBER = 4.11.1
+PROJECT_NUMBER = 4.12.0
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ GENERATE_HTML          = YES
 # This tag requires that the tag GENERATE_HTML is set to YES.
 
 # NOTE: This is updated by the release-unix.pl script
-HTML_OUTPUT = jni-docs/4.11.1/
+HTML_OUTPUT = jni-docs/4.12.0/
 
 # The HTML_FILE_EXTENSION tag can be used to specify the file extension for each
 # generated HTML page (for example: .htm, .php, .asp).
diff --git a/case-uco/java/nbproject/project.properties b/case-uco/java/nbproject/project.properties
index d03d81642b9f752d6e148e7710fd6836c06d9232..8c271ded33cee8bb7e33ca5be892709eeff03d49 100644
--- a/case-uco/java/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/case-uco/java/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ dist.javadoc.dir=${dist.dir}/javadoc
 endorsed.classpath=
 excludes=
 file.reference.gson-2.8.5.jar=lib/gson-2.8.5.jar
-file.reference.sleuthkit-4.11.1.jar=lib/sleuthkit-4.11.1.jar
+file.reference.sleuthkit-4.12.0.jar=lib/sleuthkit-4.12.0.jar
 file.reference.junit-4.12.jar=lib/junit-4.12.jar
 file.reference.hamcrest-core-1.3.jar=lib/hamcrest-core-1.3.jar
 includes=**
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jar.compress=false
 jar.index=${jnlp.enabled}
 javac.classpath=\
     ${file.reference.gson-2.8.5.jar}:\
-${file.reference.sleuthkit-4.11.1.jar}
+${file.reference.sleuthkit-4.12.0.jar}
 # Space-separated list of extra javac options
 javac.compilerargs=-Xlint
 javac.deprecation=false
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0e93b8f06c109a2cfcadc18af9ec407e845bba7e..c4226f5be45a89e0bdfd4f990e86555e4e522191 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
 
-AC_INIT(sleuthkit, 4.11.1)
+AC_INIT(sleuthkit, 4.12.0)
 m4_include([m4/ax_pthread.m4])
 dnl include the version from 1.12.1. This will work for
 m4_include([m4/cppunit.m4])
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f9063c027774e5ab4b10e1d04bc1a8dd0375a7af..380f6429cb71a668c83039ed49d84136efadc0a6 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-sleuthkit-java (4.11.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+sleuthkit-java (4.12.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Initial release (Closes: #nnnn)  <nnnn is the bug number of your ITP>
 
diff --git a/debian/sleuthkit-java.install b/debian/sleuthkit-java.install
index c4ffa3777b08768d42b793815adde4949312a062..8d48c45ba1abe614bc61a6a12b799e46ebe590dc 100644
--- a/debian/sleuthkit-java.install
+++ b/debian/sleuthkit-java.install
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 bindings/java/lib/sqlite-jdbc-3.36.0.3.jar /usr/share/java
-bindings/java/dist/sleuthkit-4.11.1.jar /usr/share/java
-case-uco/java/dist/sleuthkit-caseuco-4.11.1.jar /usr/share/java
+bindings/java/dist/sleuthkit-4.12.0.jar /usr/share/java
+case-uco/java/dist/sleuthkit-caseuco-4.12.0.jar /usr/share/java
 
diff --git a/packages/sleuthkit.spec b/packages/sleuthkit.spec
index 2a24796455f2183390361fc5d5aecbbdddb6e1e9..02ff18a5e4c3b3849dfefd8acfbe5c3be60dd8e7 100644
--- a/packages/sleuthkit.spec
+++ b/packages/sleuthkit.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:		sleuthkit	
-Version:	4.11.1
+Version:	4.12.0
 Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	The Sleuth Kit (TSK) is a library and collection of command line tools that allow you to investigate volume and file system data.	
 
diff --git a/tsk/Makefile.am b/tsk/Makefile.am
index cbfe4299d7df5617e1722a0aa7c5c85c5ba73fa6..246d3283478df3fd27a18d8ca47b89b54406fa2b 100644
--- a/tsk/Makefile.am
+++ b/tsk/Makefile.am
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ libtsk_la_LIBADD = base/libtskbase.la img/libtskimg.la \
     vs/libtskvs.la fs/libtskfs.la hashdb/libtskhashdb.la \
     auto/libtskauto.la pool/libtskpool.la util/libtskutil.la
 # current:revision:age
-libtsk_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 20:7:1 $(LIBTSK_LDFLAGS)
+libtsk_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 21:0:2 $(LIBTSK_LDFLAGS)
 
 EXTRA_DIST = tsk_tools_i.h docs/Doxyfile docs/*.dox docs/*.html \
    tsk.pc.in
diff --git a/tsk/base/tsk_base.h b/tsk/base/tsk_base.h
index 30a595d8d32867376bb785deef9e5d16d6ec5353..83fa3d71676cbc8228fb945b756921e29567de33 100644
--- a/tsk/base/tsk_base.h
+++ b/tsk/base/tsk_base.h
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@
  * 3.1.2b1 would be 0x03010201.  Snapshot from Jan 2, 2003 would be
  * 0xFF030102.
  * See TSK_VERSION_STR for string form. */
-#define TSK_VERSION_NUM 0x041101ff
+#define TSK_VERSION_NUM 0x041200ff
 
 /** Version of code in string form. See TSK_VERSION_NUM for
  * integer form. */
-#define TSK_VERSION_STR "4.11.1"
+#define TSK_VERSION_STR "4.12.0"
 
 
 /* include the TSK-specific header file that we created in autoconf
diff --git a/tsk/docs/Doxyfile b/tsk/docs/Doxyfile
index 83bb794c2f8077ab89147b88d976d1774f8cc1ea..2fb2fa52220e4b53fd2607f917b396553dc7c299 100644
--- a/tsk/docs/Doxyfile
+++ b/tsk/docs/Doxyfile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "The Sleuth Kit"
 # if some version control system is used.
 
 # This is automatically updated  at release time. 
-PROJECT_NUMBER = 4.11.1
+PROJECT_NUMBER = 4.12.0
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ GENERATE_HTML          = YES
 # put in front of it. If left blank `html' will be used as the default path.
 
 # NOTE: This is automatically updated at release time. 
-HTML_OUTPUT = api-docs/4.11.1/
+HTML_OUTPUT = api-docs/4.12.0/
 
 # The HTML_FILE_EXTENSION tag can be used to specify the file extension for
 # each generated HTML page (for example: .htm,.php,.asp). If it is left blank