diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4cda398806..76ff25a330 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2.3.4rc11 to 2.3.4rc12:
+  - Start cron daemon with root externally upon docker run https://github.com/dmwm/CMSKubernetes/pull/1506
+
 2.3.4rc10 to 2.3.4rc11:
   - Update htcondor to 10.9.0 (Alan Malta Rodrigues) #12019
 
diff --git a/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py b/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
index a11e90cb09..0f39fa4f7c 100644
--- a/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
+++ b/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 
 """
 
-__version__ = '2.3.4rc11'
+__version__ = '2.3.4rc12'
 __all__ = []