diff --git a/.qmake.conf b/.qmake.conf
index 968f36f4beda4c4cd9e8cab5f07535db7316bb73..d01fb79c2993eb9d2f5bb8c222a678f46951a6ad 100644
--- a/.qmake.conf
+++ b/.qmake.conf
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ load(qt_build_config)
 
 DEFINES += QT_NO_FOREACH
 
-MODULE_VERSION = 5.12.3
+MODULE_VERSION = 5.12.4
diff --git a/dist/changes-5.12.4 b/dist/changes-5.12.4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a285cd8e23444357af29ca7c49478705ce4da2a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/changes-5.12.4
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Qt 5.12.4 is a bug-fix release. It maintains both forward and backward
+compatibility (source and binary) with Qt 5.12.0 through 5.12.3.
+
+For more details, refer to the online documentation included in this
+distribution. The documentation is also available online:
+
+https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/index.html
+
+The Qt version 5.12 series is binary compatible with the 5.11.x series.
+Applications compiled for 5.11 will continue to run with 5.12.
+
+Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers
+corresponding to tasks in the Qt Bug Tracker:
+
+https://bugreports.qt.io/
+
+Each of these identifiers can be entered in the bug tracker to obtain more
+information about a particular change.
+
+ - This release contains only minor code improvements.