diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1a5ce7c8bc218db5278be5914c111a70f4ba6b1a..2c89bcc0302a6588280f04fbbbe53da7812a9908 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.12.3] - 2024-09-25
+
+### Fixed
+
+* Workaround in `make jar` for Debian bug https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1039607
+
 ## [0.12.2] - 2024-03-18
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 263a87208f2201b2aeb0038fc82019a621b1f3af..136d276351cfaae3bd56c1b7de25a9ce93682e0e 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ authors:
     given-names: Stefan
     orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7214-8125
 title: "CaosDB - Server"
-version: 0.12.2
+version: 0.12.3
 doi: 10.3390/data4020083
-date-released: 2024-03-18
+date-released: 2024-09-25
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 29b7d5a51cb110e35f999da0a7c6b366b5bd0d05..aebef7015406900cd566b9dc2298aafb2974805c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
 # ** end header
 #
 
-CAOSDB_SERVER_VERSION ?= $(shell mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-help-plugin:3.1.0:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout)
+# TODO Remove the "sed" part of the command after the fix of
+# https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1039607
+CAOSDB_SERVER_VERSION != mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-help-plugin:3.5.0:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout | sed -e 's/\x1B.*//g'
 CAOSDB_COMMAND_LINE_OPTIONS ?=
 SHELL:=/bin/bash
 JPDA_PORT ?= 9000
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ formatting:
 jar: print-version easy-units
 	mvn -e package -DskipTests
 	@pushd target ; \
-		ln -s caosdb-server-$(CAOSDB_SERVER_VERSION)-jar-with-dependencies.jar caosdb-server.jar; \
+		ln -s "caosdb-server-$(CAOSDB_SERVER_VERSION)-jar-with-dependencies.jar" caosdb-server.jar; \
 		popd
 
 antlr:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9fe424c144419a774b53144af2d0f977d7ea50e2..351993fed71b425de6045e49bf4a2b4138eda20f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.caosdb</groupId>
   <artifactId>caosdb-server</artifactId>
-  <version>0.12.2</version>
+  <version>0.12.3</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>CaosDB Server</name>
   <scm>
diff --git a/src/doc/conf.py b/src/doc/conf.py
index a8167d4da6cc24865aba836056f2c5da58eec880..529b5ff9c4152106b869b2f731b6eafd3e031fbf 100644
--- a/src/doc/conf.py
+++ b/src/doc/conf.py
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ copyright = '2023, IndiScale GmbH'
 author = 'Daniel Hornung, Timm Fitschen'
 
 # The short X.Y version
-version = '0.12.2'
+version = '0.12.3'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '0.12.2'
+release = '0.12.3'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------