diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c8a40ce7f32..181a28beed9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 # Change Log
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## 8.12.1
+
+### Bugs/Improvements
+- [ecl] disable synonym token filter when performing lexical matches during ECL evaluation (#1207)
+- [ecl] wild lexical matching is now case insensitive (#1208)
+- [package] fix missing JRE from Windows package (#1204)
+
 ## 8.12.0
 
 ### Core
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d9557ffe60a..2d976590358 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Snow Owl<sup>&reg;</sup> is a highly scalable, open source terminology server wi
 If you’d like to see Snow Owl in action, the [Snowray Terminology Service™](https://snowray.app) provides a managed terminology server and high-quality terminology content management from your web browser.
 
 [![build status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/b2ihealthcare/snow-owl/maven.yml?branch=8.x&style=flat-square)](https://github.com/b2ihealthcare/snow-owl/actions)
-[![latest release](https://img.shields.io/github/tag/b2ihealthcare/snow-owl.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/b2ihealthcare/snow-owl/releases/tag/v8.12.0)
+[![latest release](https://img.shields.io/github/tag/b2ihealthcare/snow-owl.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/b2ihealthcare/snow-owl/releases/tag/v8.12.1)
 [![downloads](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/b2ihealthcare/snow-owl/total.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/b2ihealthcare/snow-owl/releases/)
 [![Docker](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/b2ihealthcare/snow-owl-oss?style=flat-square)](https://hub.docker.com/r/b2ihealthcare/snow-owl-oss)
 [![GitHub](https://img.shields.io/github/license/b2ihealthcare/snow-owl.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/b2ihealthcare/snow-owl/blob/8.x/LICENSE)
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Features include:
     * Independent work branches offer work-in-process isolation, external business workflow integration and team collaboration
 * SNOMED CT and others
     * SNOMED CT terminology support
-        * RF2 Release File Specification as of 2023-01-31
+        * RF2 Release File Specification as of 2023-09-01
         * Support for Relationships with concrete values
         * Official and Custom Reference Sets
         * Expression Constraint Language v2.1.0 [spec](https://confluence.ihtsdotools.org/download/attachments/33493263/doc_ExpressionConstraintLanguage_v2.1-en-US_INT_20220824.pdf?api=v2), [implementation](https://github.com/b2ihealthcare/snomed-ecl)
@@ -38,16 +38,16 @@ Features include:
 
 # Download
 
-* [WINDOWS](https://nexus.b2i.sg/repository/maven-releases/com/b2international/snowowl/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update/8.12.0/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update-8.12.0-oss.zip) - [sha](https://nexus.b2i.sg/repository/maven-releases/com/b2international/snowowl/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update/8.12.0/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update-8.12.0-oss.zip.sha1)
-* [LINUX](https://nexus.b2i.sg/repository/maven-releases/com/b2international/snowowl/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update/8.12.0/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update-8.12.0-oss.tar.gz) - [sha](https://nexus.b2i.sg/repository/maven-releases/com/b2international/snowowl/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update/8.12.0/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update-8.12.0-oss.tar.gz.sha1) 
-* [RPM](https://nexus.b2i.sg/repository/maven-releases/com/b2international/snowowl/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update/8.12.0/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update-8.12.0-rpm.rpm) - [sha](https://nexus.b2i.sg/repository/maven-releases/com/b2international/snowowl/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update/8.12.0/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update-8.12.0-rpm.rpm.sha1)
-* [DEB](https://nexus.b2i.sg/repository/maven-releases/com/b2international/snowowl/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update/8.12.0/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update-8.12.0-deb.deb) - [sha](https://nexus.b2i.sg/repository/maven-releases/com/b2international/snowowl/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update/8.12.0/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update-8.12.0-deb.deb.sha1)
+* [WINDOWS](https://nexus.b2i.sg/repository/maven-releases/com/b2international/snowowl/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update/8.12.1/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update-8.12.1-oss.zip) - [sha](https://nexus.b2i.sg/repository/maven-releases/com/b2international/snowowl/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update/8.12.1/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update-8.12.1-oss.zip.sha1)
+* [LINUX](https://nexus.b2i.sg/repository/maven-releases/com/b2international/snowowl/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update/8.12.1/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update-8.12.1-oss.tar.gz) - [sha](https://nexus.b2i.sg/repository/maven-releases/com/b2international/snowowl/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update/8.12.1/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update-8.12.1-oss.tar.gz.sha1) 
+* [RPM](https://nexus.b2i.sg/repository/maven-releases/com/b2international/snowowl/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update/8.12.1/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update-8.12.1-rpm.rpm) - [sha](https://nexus.b2i.sg/repository/maven-releases/com/b2international/snowowl/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update/8.12.1/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update-8.12.1-rpm.rpm.sha1)
+* [DEB](https://nexus.b2i.sg/repository/maven-releases/com/b2international/snowowl/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update/8.12.1/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update-8.12.1-deb.deb) - [sha](https://nexus.b2i.sg/repository/maven-releases/com/b2international/snowowl/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update/8.12.1/com.b2international.snowowl.server.update-8.12.1-deb.deb.sha1)
 
 {% hint style="info" %}
 This distribution only includes features licensed under the Apache 2.0 license. To get access to the full set of features, please contact [B2i Healthcare](mailto:info@b2i.sg).
 {% endhint %}
 
-View the detailed release notes [here](https://github.com/b2ihealthcare/snow-owl/releases/tag/v8.12.0).
+View the detailed release notes [here](https://github.com/b2ihealthcare/snow-owl/releases/tag/v8.12.1).
 
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