diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 39953534305..e14964d66fa 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ## Please see the COPYING and CONTRIBUTORS files for details.
 ##
 
-AC_INIT([Squid Web Proxy],[6.11-VCS],[https://bugs.squid-cache.org/],[squid])
+AC_INIT([Squid Web Proxy],[6.12-VCS],[https://bugs.squid-cache.org/],[squid])
 AC_PREREQ(2.61)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([include/autoconf.h])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(cfgaux)