diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index e373190e1..c1c41d99f 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-## 1.2.3 (in progress)
+## 1.2.4 (in progress)
+
+## 1.2.3 (7 April 2020)
+- Hotfix for not being able to upgrade from stable distribution.
 
 ## 1.2.2 (5 April 2020)
 - Fix for not properly looking up R environment variables in the base environment.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 61e097293..ae227957d 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import setuptools
 
-VERSION = '1.2.2'
+VERSION = '1.2.3'
 
 # add bcbio version number and git commit hash of the current revision to version.py
 try: