diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b298e9da572c52edfdd9b652a595778ed40409a4..f8fd1919c86d89b81901d74acbe4e137dd9b9aac 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+1.6.12
+======
+- Fix deadlock in mutex causing Thunar to hang (Bug #13481)
+- Add support for Exif:ImageDescription and Exif:UserComment
+- Do not pass NULL to g_file_test
+- Bump libxfce4panel version for TPA plugin to 4.9.0
+- Switch from XfcePanelImage to GtkImage
+- Fixed a compilation error with the newest dev panel API
+- Translation updates: Catalan, Dutch (Flemish), Galician, Korean, Lithuanian,
+  Spanish, Thai
+
 1.6.11
 ======
 - Fix a crash for on cut/pasting of multiple files (Bug #12260)
diff --git a/configure.ac.in b/configure.ac.in
index 7adc77172aa51be63f5912e9b97639286b0b54b5..b9916f96c1c0f8ac3a88ed77fa423fe5aa693a28 100644
--- a/configure.ac.in
+++ b/configure.ac.in
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ m4_define([thunarx_verinfo], [0:0:0])
 m4_define([thunarx_version_api], [2])
 m4_define([thunar_version_major], [1])
 m4_define([thunar_version_minor], [6])
-m4_define([thunar_version_micro], [11])
+m4_define([thunar_version_micro], [12])
 m4_define([thunar_version_nano], [])
 m4_define([thunar_version_build], [@REVISION@])
-m4_define([thunar_version_tag], [git])
+m4_define([thunar_version_tag], [])
 m4_define([thunar_version], [thunar_version_major().thunar_version_minor().thunar_version_micro()ifelse(thunar_version_nano(), [], [], [.thunar_version_nano()])ifelse(thunar_version_tag(), [git], [thunar_version_tag()-thunar_version_build()], [thunar_version_tag()])])
 
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