diff --git a/cmake/CMakeModules/OssimVersion.cmake b/cmake/CMakeModules/OssimVersion.cmake
index 3bd1f89c..b2a92ade 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeModules/OssimVersion.cmake
+++ b/cmake/CMakeModules/OssimVersion.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-SET(OSSIM_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER "1")
-SET(OSSIM_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER "9")
+SET(OSSIM_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER "2")
+SET(OSSIM_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER "12")
 SET(OSSIM_PATCH_VERSION_NUMBER "0")
-SET(OSSIM_RELEASE_NUMBER "1")
+# SET(OSSIM_RELEASE_NUMBER "1")
 SET(OSSIM_VERSION "${OSSIM_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER}.${OSSIM_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER}.${OSSIM_PATCH_VERSION_NUMBER}" )
 SET(OSSIM_SOVERSION "${OSSIM_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER}" )
diff --git a/src/ossimVersion.h.in b/src/ossimVersion.h.in
index cc519ba4..7b9aecbf 100644
--- a/src/ossimVersion.h.in
+++ b/src/ossimVersion.h.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #define OSSIM_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER @OSSIM_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER@
 #define OSSIM_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER @OSSIM_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER@
 #define OSSIM_PATCH_VERSION_NUMBER @OSSIM_PATCH_VERSION_NUMBER@  
-#define OSSIM_RELEASE_NUMBER @OSSIM_RELEASE_NUMBER@  
+// #define OSSIM_RELEASE_NUMBER @OSSIM_RELEASE_NUMBER@  
 #define OSSIM_REVISION @OSSIM_REVISION@  
 
 // date format = (yyyymmdd)