diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 9c8d74e5..09cb50f0 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Version 1.2.4 - 26-Oct-2017
+---------------------------
+
+* Ignore the leapseconds file that is included in zoneinfo directories installed
+  with version 2017c and later of the Time Zone Database.
+
+
 Version 1.2.3 - 25-Mar-2017
 ---------------------------
 
diff --git a/tzinfo.gemspec b/tzinfo.gemspec
index 01470373..cd100763 100644
--- a/tzinfo.gemspec
+++ b/tzinfo.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = 'tzinfo'
-  s.version = '1.2.3'
+  s.version = '1.2.4'
   s.summary = 'Daylight savings aware timezone library'
   s.description = 'TZInfo provides daylight savings aware transformations between times in different time zones.'
   s.author = 'Philip Ross'