diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index eea6429..5a9bfae 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 This document describes notable changes. For details, see the [source code
 repository history](https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/commits/master).
 
-## v3.11.3~alpha (unreleased work-in-progress)
+## v3.12.0~alpha (unreleased work-in-progress)
 
 ### Breaking changes
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e6fd0cb..c55db17 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -130,9 +130,16 @@ Note that any issues prior to version v3.9.1 will not be listed here.
 If a fix is committed but not yet part of any tagged release, the notes here will reference the not-yet-released version number.
 
 ### v3.11.2 - v3.9.1: SSL parameter breaks HTTP-only IP acquisition
-The `ssl` parameter forces all connections to use HTTPS. While technically working as expected, this behavior keeps coming up as a pain point when using HTTP-only IP querying sites such as http://checkip.dyndns.org. For the future (v3.11.3), the behavior is changed to respect `http://` in a URL. A separate parameter to disallow all HTTP connections or warn about them may be added later.
 
-**Fix**: v3.11.3 will use HTTP to connect to URLs starting with `http://`. See [here](https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/pull/608) for more info.
+The `ssl` parameter forces all connections to use HTTPS.  While technically
+working as expected, this behavior keeps coming up as a pain point when using
+HTTP-only IP querying sites such as http://checkip.dyndns.org.  Starting with
+v3.12.0, the behavior is changed to respect `http://` in a URL.  A separate
+parameter to disallow all HTTP connections or warn about them may be added
+later.
+
+**Fix**: v3.12.0 uses HTTP to connect to URLs starting with `http://`.  See
+[here](https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/pull/608) for more info.
 
 **Workaround**: Disable the SSL parameter
 
diff --git a/ddclient.in b/ddclient.in
index 2bf68e8..f686da5 100755
--- a/ddclient.in
+++ b/ddclient.in
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ use Sys::Hostname;
 #
 # For consistency and to match user expectations, the release part of the version is always three
 # components: MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH.
-use version 0.77; our $VERSION = version->declare('v3.11.3.0_0');
+use version 0.77; our $VERSION = version->declare('v3.12.0.0_0');
 
 sub parse_version {
     my ($v) = @_;