diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 2664c5ef926ec9a89e6681834802de7e6f6ad99c..1274a74e73f6a440ac418308e98a3aeffb5450b4 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # eduGAIN Access Check Changelog
 
+## Version 1.2.3 (10/02/2022)
+
+* e-mail content rewording in a less alarmist tone
+
 ## Version 1.2.2 (19/10/2020)
 
 * mitigate metadata synchronisation error: just skip problematic entity,
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c423a8a7bc4e9f7a934e2fd57cbac8c46311e9a0..af58339edfaa0da05b061c19a3f3ce1ed1f36233 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT([Access Check Manager], 1.2.2)
+AC_INIT([Access Check Manager], 1.2.3)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
 AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE([tap-driver.sh])
 AC_PROG_LN_S