diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 71b6e01..0a0abbf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ project(qore-openldap-module)
 
 set (VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set (VERSION_MINOR 2)
-set (VERSION_PATCH 2)
+set (VERSION_PATCH 3)
 
 if (${VERSION_PATCH})
     set(PROJECT_VERSION "${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH}")
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ endif()
 include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
 
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
-find_package(Qore 0.9 REQUIRED)
+find_package(Qore 1.12.4 REQUIRED)
 
 if (APPLE)
     set(CMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORK NEVER)
diff --git a/docs/mainpage.doxygen.tmpl b/docs/mainpage.doxygen.tmpl
index 7b22719..a0ea5fe 100644
--- a/docs/mainpage.doxygen.tmpl
+++ b/docs/mainpage.doxygen.tmpl
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ ldap.del("uid=test,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com");
 
     @section openldap_release_notes Release Notes
 
+    @subsection openldap_rel123 openldap Module 1.2.3
+    - fixed compiling with \c qpp from %Qore 1.12.4+
+
     @subsection openldap_rel122 openldap Module 1.2.2
     - fixed compiling on Fedora 36+ and systems where libldap_r is deprecated
       (<a href="https://github.com/qorelanguage/qore/issues/4490">issue 4490</a>)
diff --git a/qore-openldap-module.spec b/qore-openldap-module.spec
index 107f388..b42b0d2 100644
--- a/qore-openldap-module.spec
+++ b/qore-openldap-module.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%define mod_ver 1.2.2
+%define mod_ver 1.2.3
 %define module_api %(qore --latest-module-api 2>/dev/null)
 %define module_dir %{_libdir}/qore-modules
 
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %doc COPYING.MIT COPYING.LGPL README RELEASE-NOTES AUTHORS
 
 %changelog
-* Sat Dec 17 2022 David Nichols <david@qore.org> 1.2.2
+* Sat Dec 17 2022 David Nichols <david@qore.org> 1.2.3
+- updated to version 1.2.3
 - updated to use cmake
 
 * Fri Apr 15 2022 David Nichols <david@qore.org> 1.2.2