diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f7139cf536..f95150748c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ endif()
 # version string, else they are combined with the result of `git describe`.
 set(NVIM_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
 set(NVIM_VERSION_MINOR 12)
-set(NVIM_VERSION_PATCH 3)
-set(NVIM_VERSION_PRERELEASE "") # for package maintainers
+set(NVIM_VERSION_PATCH 4)
+set(NVIM_VERSION_PRERELEASE "-dev") # for package maintainers
 
 # API level
 set(NVIM_API_LEVEL 14)        # Bump this after any API/stdlib change.