diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6ae9a8c0e..79bc6cc1b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -540,18 +540,18 @@ If you're building a (non-Android) JDK project, you will want to define the foll
 <dependency>
     <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
     <artifactId>jjwt-api</artifactId>
-    <version>0.12.2</version>
+    <version>0.12.3</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
     <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
     <artifactId>jjwt-impl</artifactId>
-    <version>0.12.2</version>
+    <version>0.12.3</version>
     <scope>runtime</scope>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
     <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
     <artifactId>jjwt-jackson</artifactId> <!-- or jjwt-gson if Gson is preferred -->
-    <version>0.12.2</version>
+    <version>0.12.3</version>
     <scope>runtime</scope>
 </dependency>
 <!-- Uncomment this next dependency if you are using:
@@ -574,9 +574,9 @@ If you're building a (non-Android) JDK project, you will want to define the foll
 
 ```groovy
 dependencies {
-    implementation 'io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-api:0.12.2'
-    runtimeOnly 'io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-impl:0.12.2'
-    runtimeOnly 'io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-jackson:0.12.2' // or 'io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-gson:0.12.2' for gson
+    implementation 'io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-api:0.12.3'
+    runtimeOnly 'io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-impl:0.12.3'
+    runtimeOnly 'io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-jackson:0.12.3' // or 'io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-gson:0.12.3' for gson
     /* 
       Uncomment this next dependency if you are using:
        - JDK 10 or earlier, and you want to use RSASSA-PSS (PS256, PS384, PS512) signature algorithms.
@@ -601,9 +601,9 @@ Add the dependencies to your project:
 
 ```groovy
 dependencies {
-    api('io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-api:0.12.2')
-    runtimeOnly('io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-impl:0.12.2') 
-    runtimeOnly('io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-orgjson:0.12.2') {
+    api('io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-api:0.12.3')
+    runtimeOnly('io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-impl:0.12.3') 
+    runtimeOnly('io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-orgjson:0.12.3') {
         exclude(group: 'org.json', module: 'json') //provided by Android natively
     }
     /* 
@@ -2952,7 +2952,7 @@ scope which is the typical JJWT default).  That is:
 <dependency>
     <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
     <artifactId>jjwt-jackson</artifactId>
-    <version>0.12.2</version>
+    <version>0.12.3</version>
     <scope>compile</scope> <!-- Not runtime -->
 </dependency>
 ```
@@ -2961,7 +2961,7 @@ scope which is the typical JJWT default).  That is:
 
 ```groovy
 dependencies {
-    implementation 'io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-jackson:0.12.2'
+    implementation 'io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-jackson:0.12.3'
 }
 ```
 
@@ -3069,7 +3069,7 @@ scope which is the typical JJWT default).  That is:
 <dependency>
     <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
     <artifactId>jjwt-gson</artifactId>
-    <version>0.12.2</version>
+    <version>0.12.3</version>
     <scope>compile</scope> <!-- Not runtime -->
 </dependency>
 ```
@@ -3078,7 +3078,7 @@ scope which is the typical JJWT default).  That is:
 
 ```groovy
 dependencies {
-    implementation 'io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-gson:0.12.2'
+    implementation 'io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-gson:0.12.3'
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index 3c69caf8d..80a49db9b 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
         <artifactId>jjwt-root</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/io/jsonwebtoken/JwtBuilder.java b/api/src/main/java/io/jsonwebtoken/JwtBuilder.java
index 38647a5ee..634800851 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/io/jsonwebtoken/JwtBuilder.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/io/jsonwebtoken/JwtBuilder.java
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ public interface JwtBuilder extends ClaimsMutator<JwtBuilder> {
      * @param payload the string used to set UTF-8-encoded bytes as the JWT payload.
      * @return the builder for method chaining.
      * @see #content(String)
-     * @deprecated since JJWT_RELEASE VERSION in favor of {@link #content(String)}
+     * @deprecated since 0.12.0 in favor of {@link #content(String)}
      * because both Claims and Content are technically 'payloads', so this method name is misleading.  This method will
      * be removed before the 1.0 release.
      */
diff --git a/extensions/gson/pom.xml b/extensions/gson/pom.xml
index 242f999de..fb17afece 100644
--- a/extensions/gson/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/gson/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
         <artifactId>jjwt-root</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/extensions/jackson/pom.xml b/extensions/jackson/pom.xml
index f616b4625..658ebd679 100644
--- a/extensions/jackson/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/jackson/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
         <artifactId>jjwt-root</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/extensions/orgjson/pom.xml b/extensions/orgjson/pom.xml
index e3d849844..0936fe406 100644
--- a/extensions/orgjson/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/orgjson/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
         <artifactId>jjwt-root</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/extensions/pom.xml b/extensions/pom.xml
index feb4cb965..e04955207 100644
--- a/extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
         <artifactId>jjwt-root</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/impl/pom.xml b/impl/pom.xml
index d27e17c46..bb7fb61aa 100644
--- a/impl/pom.xml
+++ b/impl/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
         <artifactId>jjwt-root</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 403c4344a..69e29a101 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
     <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
     <artifactId>jjwt-root</artifactId>
-    <version>0.12.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.12.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>JJWT</name>
     <description>JSON Web Token support for the JVM and Android</description>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
diff --git a/tdjar/pom.xml b/tdjar/pom.xml
index 06347d902..52cbbc2af 100644
--- a/tdjar/pom.xml
+++ b/tdjar/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
         <artifactId>jjwt-root</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>