diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 58b151607dbf2c1a7d268ebaf31c0d16b1b7aefb..f731f478b398cb993d76cf462afcef8203c73d49 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ dnl
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to create configure.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
-AC_INIT([xedit], [1.2.2],
+AC_INIT([xedit], [1.2.3],
         [https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xedit/issues], [xedit])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-xz subdir-objects])