diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## 0.12.3 / 2022-08-06
+
+* [BUGFIX] Fix crash on startup for some configurations ([#198](https://github.com/prometheus/graphite_exporter/pull/198))
+
+For mappings that require backtracking, 0.12.2 would crash on startup due to an uninitialized logger.
+If this affected you, consider [changing the order of rules](https://github.com/prometheus/statsd_exporter#ordering-glob-rules) or enabling unordered rules for better performance.
+
 ## 0.12.2 / 2022-07-08
 
 * [CHANGE] Update all dependencies ([#193](https://github.com/prometheus/graphite_exporter/pull/193), [#194](https://github.com/prometheus/graphite_exporter/pull/194), [#195](https://github.com/prometheus/graphite_exporter/pull/195), [#196](https://github.com/prometheus/graphite_exporter/pull/196))
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.12.2
+0.12.3