diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index ee039790d..a678f06a7 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.2.2
+current_version = 1.2.3
 commit = True
 tag = True
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/scrapy/VERSION b/scrapy/VERSION
index 23aa83906..0495c4a88 100644
--- a/scrapy/VERSION
+++ b/scrapy/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.2.2
+1.2.3