diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 02664a5b90..7b8819759c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Mon Nov 25 14:34:42 2013  Zachary Scott  <e@zzak.io>
+
+	* ext/bigdecimal/bigdecimal.gemspec: bump BigDecimal to 1.2.3 for
+	  proper release date in RubyGems
+
 Mon Nov 25 14:25:08 2013  Zachary Scott  <e@zzak.io>
 
 	* ext/bigdecimal/bigdecimal.gemspec: Remove Gem::Specification#date
diff --git a/ext/bigdecimal/bigdecimal.gemspec b/ext/bigdecimal/bigdecimal.gemspec
index 9f1a9cd7cd..e4be60ac3b 100644
--- a/ext/bigdecimal/bigdecimal.gemspec
+++ b/ext/bigdecimal/bigdecimal.gemspec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- ruby -*-
-_VERSION = "1.2.2"
+_VERSION = "1.2.3"
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = "bigdecimal"