diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a2d8a1bfe..ef524c732 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,21 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 See [Conventional Commits](https://conventionalcommits.org) for commit guidelines.
 
-# [4.12.2]() (Upcoming)
+# [4.12.3]() (Upcoming)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+*
+
+### Features
+
+* bump snapshot version to 4.12.3 [#2101](https://github.com/hyperledger/web3j/pull/2101)
+
+### BREAKING CHANGES
+
+*
+
+# [4.12.2](https://github.com/hyperledger/web3j/releases/tag/v4.12.2) (2024-09-18)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
@@ -13,6 +27,7 @@ See [Conventional Commits](https://conventionalcommits.org) for commit guideline
 
 * bump snapshot version to 4.12.2 [#2093](https://github.com/hyperledger/web3j/pull/2093)
 * Adds Support for Linea ENS [#2094](https://github.com/hyperledger/web3j/pull/2094)
+* Upgrade jc-kzg-4844 to 2.0.0 [#2095](https://github.com/hyperledger/web3j/pull/2095)
  
 ### BREAKING CHANGES
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c22a2e2e1..8489b7ace 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Java:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.web3j</groupId>
   <artifactId>core</artifactId>
-  <version>4.12.1</version>
+  <version>4.12.2</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Gradle
 Java:
 
 ```groovy
-implementation ('org.web3j:core:4.12.1')
+implementation ('org.web3j:core:4.12.2')
 ```
 
 Android:
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6a286f32b..94c44eeef 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ ext {
     // test dependencies
     equalsverifierVersion = '3.16.1'
     junitVersion = '5.5.2'
-    web3jUnitVersion = '4.12.1'
+    web3jUnitVersion = '4.12.2'
     junitBenchmarkVersion = '0.7.2'
     logbackVersion = '1.5.6'
     mockitoJunitVersion = '3.1.0'
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 62f9d5507..789bb9883 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 group=org.web3j
-version=4.12.2-SNAPSHOT
+version=4.12.3-SNAPSHOT