diff --git a/Installation/CMakeLists.txt b/Installation/CMakeLists.txt
index 005c512e1f8..c984f62e4a6 100644
--- a/Installation/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Installation/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -386,10 +386,11 @@ endif()
 #   CGAL-4.9   : 12.0.0 (Change the API/ABI in CGAL_ImageIO, but issue with 4GB images.)
 #   CGAL-4.10  : 13.0.0 (Change the API/ABI in CGAL_ImageIO.)
 #   CGAL-4.11  : 13.0.1 (Nothing different in CGAL compiled libraries.)
+#   CGAL-4.12  : 13.0.2 (Nothing different in CGAL compiled libraries.)
 # ¹) According to http://upstream-tracker.org/versions/cgal.html
 
 set( CGAL_SONAME_VERSION "13" )
-set( CGAL_SOVERSION      "13.0.1" )
+set( CGAL_SOVERSION      "13.0.2" )
 
 message( STATUS "CGAL_SONAME_VERSION=${CGAL_SONAME_VERSION}" )
 message( STATUS "CGAL_SOVERSION     =${CGAL_SOVERSION}" )
diff --git a/Installation/changes.html b/Installation/changes.html
index 6847de8e5b2..10166ce3997 100644
--- a/Installation/changes.html
+++ b/Installation/changes.html
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 <td width="28%">
 
 <table CELLSPACING=0>
+<tr><td><a href="#release4.12">4.12</a>&nbsp;<td> (April 2018)
 <tr><td><a href="#release4.11">4.11</a>&nbsp;<td> (September 2017)
 <tr><td><a href="#release4.10">4.10</a>&nbsp;<td> (May 2017)
 <tr><td><a href="#release4.9">4.9</a>&nbsp;<td> (September 2016)
@@ -129,6 +130,36 @@ and <code>src/</code> directories).
 </table>
 
 <HR>
+<h2 id="release4.12">Release 4.12 </h2>
+<div>
+  <p>Release date: April 2018 </p>
+
+<!-- Installation (and general changes) -->
+<!-- New packages -->
+<!-- Major and breaking changes -->
+<!-- Arithmetic and Algebra -->
+<!-- Combinatorial Algorithms -->
+<!-- Geometry Kernels -->
+<!-- Convex Hull Algorithms -->
+<!-- Polygons -->
+<!-- Cell Complexes and Polyhedra -->
+<!-- Arrangements -->
+<!-- Triangulations and Delaunay Triangulations -->
+<!-- Voronoi Diagrams -->
+<!-- Mesh Generation -->
+<!-- Surface Reconstruction -->
+<!-- Geometry Processing -->
+<!-- Spatial Searching and Sorting -->
+<!-- Geometric Optimization -->
+<!-- Interpolation -->
+<!-- Kinetic Data Structures -->
+<!-- Support Library -->
+<!-- Visualization -->
+
+<!-- end of the div for 4.10 -->
+</div>
+
+
 <h2 id="release4.11">Release 4.11 </h2>
 <div>
   <p>Release date: September 2017 </p>
diff --git a/Maintenance/release_building/MINOR_NUMBER b/Maintenance/release_building/MINOR_NUMBER
index b4de3947675..48082f72f08 100644
--- a/Maintenance/release_building/MINOR_NUMBER
+++ b/Maintenance/release_building/MINOR_NUMBER
@@ -1 +1 @@
-11
+12
diff --git a/Maintenance/release_building/public_release_name b/Maintenance/release_building/public_release_name
index e87acea3054..b3555e156b1 100644
--- a/Maintenance/release_building/public_release_name
+++ b/Maintenance/release_building/public_release_name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-CGAL-4.11-beta1
+CGAL-4.12-dev