diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 509e0075fe5..22d58e42a8b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "tslint",
-    "version": "5.12.0",
+    "version": "5.12.1",
     "description": "An extensible static analysis linter for the TypeScript language",
     "bin": {
         "tslint": "./bin/tslint"
diff --git a/src/linter.ts b/src/linter.ts
index 7dd4e55d3dc..5337a5b005b 100644
--- a/src/linter.ts
+++ b/src/linter.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import { arrayify, dedent, flatMap, mapDefined } from "./utils";
  * Linter that can lint multiple files in consecutive runs.
  */
 export class Linter {
-    public static VERSION = "5.12.0";
+    public static VERSION = "5.12.1";
 
     public static findConfiguration = findConfiguration;
     public static findConfigurationPath = findConfigurationPath;