diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d25ecb25fe..285cf302d9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -8,10 +8,16 @@ Release date: TBA
 
 
 
-What's New in astroid 2.12.4?
+What's New in astroid 2.12.5?
 =============================
 Release date: TBA
 
+
+
+What's New in astroid 2.12.4?
+=============================
+Release date: 2022-08-25
+
 * Fixed a crash involving non-standard type comments such as ``# type: # any comment``.
 
   Refs PyCQA/pylint#7347
diff --git a/astroid/__pkginfo__.py b/astroid/__pkginfo__.py
index 74eb08adbd..e2ffb145b4 100644
--- a/astroid/__pkginfo__.py
+++ b/astroid/__pkginfo__.py
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/astroid/blob/main/LICENSE
 # Copyright (c) https://github.com/PyCQA/astroid/blob/main/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
 
-__version__ = "2.12.3"
+__version__ = "2.12.4"
 version = __version__
diff --git a/tbump.toml b/tbump.toml
index aca5accc05..79a38ab1d4 100644
--- a/tbump.toml
+++ b/tbump.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 github_url = "https://github.com/PyCQA/astroid"
 
 [version]
-current = "2.12.3"
+current = "2.12.4"
 regex = '''
 ^(?P<major>0|[1-9]\d*)
 \.