diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b26f6d7..1293b07 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-sermon 1.1
+sermon 1.2
 ==========
 
 This utility converts text markup into various presentable forms.
@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ The markup syntax is very simple:
         > This paragraph will be
         > a block quote.
 
-  - Text enclosed between `[* starred braces *]` will be ignored as a comment.
\ No newline at end of file
+  - Text enclosed between `[* starred braces *]` will be ignored as a comment.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index eb715e8..7f1978f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([sermon], [1.1], [david.a.baer@gmail.com])
+AC_INIT([sermon], [1.2], [david.a.baer@gmail.com])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([config.h.in])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])