diff --git a/CHANGELOG.markdown b/CHANGELOG.markdown
index 7e6a9a8..75f5312 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.markdown
+++ b/CHANGELOG.markdown
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # django-watson changelog
 
+## 1.2.4 - 07/11/2015
+
+- Improved escaping of queries on different backends (@amureki).
+
+
 ## 1.2.3 - 23/08/2015
 
 - Django 1.10 compatibility (@SimonGreenhill).
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7378e23..bc1565e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from distutils.core import setup
 
 setup(
     name = "django-watson",
-    version = "1.2.3",
+    version = "1.2.4",
     description = "Full-text multi-table search application for Django. Easy to install and use, with good performance.",
     long_description = open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "README.markdown")).read(),
     author = "Dave Hall",