diff --git a/readme.html b/readme.html
index a6141440f8..cdfa16eecf 100644
--- a/readme.html
+++ b/readme.html
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 <body>
 <h1 id="logo">
 	<a href="https://wordpress.org/"><img alt="WordPress" src="wp-admin/images/wordpress-logo.png" /></a>
-	<br /> Version 3.9.11
+	<br /> Version 3.9.12
 </h1>
 <p style="text-align: center">Semantic Personal Publishing Platform</p>
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/about.php b/wp-admin/about.php
index 6ca0a0a3f3..d8627382f2 100644
--- a/wp-admin/about.php
+++ b/wp-admin/about.php
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ include( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/admin-header.php' );
 </h2>
 
 <div class="changelog point-releases">
-	<h3><?php echo _n( 'Maintenance and Security Release', 'Maintenance and Security Releases', 11 ); ?></h3>
+	<h3><?php echo _n( 'Maintenance and Security Release', 'Maintenance and Security Releases', 12 ); ?></h3>
+	<p><?php printf( _n( '<strong>Version %1$s</strong> addressed a security issue.',
+         '<strong>Version %1$s</strong> addressed some security issues.', 6 ), '3.9.12' ); ?>
+		<?php printf( __( 'For more information, see <a href="%s">the release notes</a>.' ), 'https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.9.12' ); ?>
+ 	</p>
 	<p><?php printf( _n( '<strong>Version %1$s</strong> addressed a security issue.',
          '<strong>Version %1$s</strong> addressed some security issues.', 2 ), '3.9.11' ); ?>
 		<?php printf( __( 'For more information, see <a href="%s">the release notes</a>.' ), 'https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.9.11' ); ?>
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index e2b9149801..9d8123380a 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '3.9.11';
+$wp_version = '3.9.12';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.
