diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d57992ea96..91fd08db76 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 FROM java:8
 
-CMD ["/usr/bin/java", "-jar", "iri-1.2.2.jar"]
+CMD ["/usr/bin/java", "-jar", "iri-1.2.3.jar"]
diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index c1d44b4cd4..3be98181eb 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+1.2.3
+    - fixed IXI script reload
+    - added optional request propagation
+
 1.2.2
     - fixed random tip requests
     - added tests and cleaned some code
diff --git a/dependency-reduced-pom.xml b/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
index cb08eaaa55..96305201dc 100644
--- a/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.iota</groupId>
   <artifactId>iri</artifactId>
   <name>IRI</name>
-  <version>1.2.2</version>
+  <version>1.2.3</version>
   <description>IOTA Reference Implementation</description>
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/iotaledger/iri.git</connection>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8d48bd6f53..03044f15b3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.iota</groupId>
     <artifactId>iri</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.2</version>
+    <version>1.2.3</version>
 
     <name>IRI</name>
     <description>IOTA Reference Implementation</description>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/iota/iri/IRI.java b/src/main/java/com/iota/iri/IRI.java
index ae2a91770e..c693f7c535 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/iota/iri/IRI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/iota/iri/IRI.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class IRI {
 
     public static final String MAINNET_NAME = "IRI";
     public static final String TESTNET_NAME = "IRI Testnet";
-    public static final String VERSION = "1.2.2";
+    public static final String VERSION = "1.2.3";
     public static Iota iota;
     public static API api;
     public static IXI ixi;