diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a335a02..48e6f78 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 NEWS file for libxml2
 
+v2.12.3: Dec 12 2023
+
+### Regressions
+
+- parser: Fix namespaces redefined from default attributes
+
+### Build fixes
+
+- include: Rename XML_EMPTY helper macro
+- include: Move declaration of xmlInitGlobals
+- include: Add missing includes
+- include: Move globals from xmlsave.h to parser.h
+- include: Readd circular dependency between tree.h and parser.h
+
+
 v2.12.2: Dec 5 2023
 
 ### Regressions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 07f66ad..da64486 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 libxml2 Windows build with Visual Studio.
 
-This version is libxml2-2.12.2.
+This version is libxml2-2.12.3.
 
 Note that LZMA support is only available for VS2013 or later.
 
diff --git a/THIS_VERSION_IS_2.12.2 b/THIS_VERSION_IS_2.12.3
similarity index 100%
rename from THIS_VERSION_IS_2.12.2
rename to THIS_VERSION_IS_2.12.3
diff --git a/distfiles/download.url b/distfiles/download.url
index d0d6f67..901e945 100644
--- a/distfiles/download.url
+++ b/distfiles/download.url
@@ -1 +1 @@
-https://download.gnome.org/sources/libxml2/2.12/libxml2-2.12.2.tar.xz
+https://download.gnome.org/sources/libxml2/2.12/libxml2-2.12.3.tar.xz
diff --git a/distfiles/libxml2-2.12.2.tar.xz b/distfiles/libxml2-2.12.2.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
index 16c9bc1..0000000
Binary files a/distfiles/libxml2-2.12.2.tar.xz and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/distfiles/libxml2-2.12.2-import.lst b/distfiles/libxml2-2.12.3-import.lst
similarity index 100%
rename from distfiles/libxml2-2.12.2-import.lst
rename to distfiles/libxml2-2.12.3-import.lst
diff --git a/distfiles/libxml2-2.12.2-import.md5 b/distfiles/libxml2-2.12.3-import.md5
similarity index 88%
rename from distfiles/libxml2-2.12.2-import.md5
rename to distfiles/libxml2-2.12.3-import.md5
index f52252b..5970c4a 100644
--- a/distfiles/libxml2-2.12.2-import.md5
+++ b/distfiles/libxml2-2.12.3-import.md5
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ fec7ecfe714722b2bb0aaff7d200c701  Copyright
 8274a9d01a67fd01a069f62805127a25  HTMLparser.c
 ac5d42c343d2093d2a031f59036c5f99  HTMLtree.c
 dd63184811cb2ff705c3e466364d3773  INSTALL
-ca9d8f60a489e6917a92af54b4ae765c  NEWS
+da5e67a440cb3ee4e3946ba845eead02  NEWS
 d52aad5f8ace0ed3e5f9b126d72473e1  README.libxml2.md
 7283878f36a935a3c00df077cf45af54  SAX.c
 15289caf4cf19277a510d22c24238a73  SAX2.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ d1071113f634435266c21de0bffc0315  dict.c
 10a103a4ea5dce7e3906291f958b7e9f  encoding.c
 83e8ff3c5b69908c4a93357bdc60e91c  entities.c
 bbb4bd2d42423b727ef64d7ce71611f6  error.c
-7e4ee90a431b04666202b3ccd2dfa5ba  globals.c
+d9d2840f8f9f3e7f5ca35862bfeebf97  globals.c
 33d90ee08788d335c459779c0c5fd6e5  hash.c
 c3cd3bf7e9b4c37de582641b614cf6e8  include/libxml/HTMLparser.h
 bb4e2df91d33306ab3c2d71374559877  include/libxml/HTMLtree.h
@@ -27,33 +27,33 @@ dbcef76d0839253958697a919ddeea31  include/libxml/c14n.h
 79bb0a2a5b7cde377bb215214d0ea6d6  include/libxml/debugXML.h
 d00de0e505d1b4dfcccf9ff38837b61a  include/libxml/dict.h
 e567122520ed052588fd6469f2efbc59  include/libxml/encoding.h
-8cc00d7ea1f9be612e1703085bf8a2c1  include/libxml/entities.h
-8307724e4e8be766d94d1523600650c3  include/libxml/globals.h
+b083ed530f79f607acbc1012281852d7  include/libxml/entities.h
+bc51344e21f8d3b7f0fc93cc9d554243  include/libxml/globals.h
 480b0bd8dded0583369dd8a4be21d450  include/libxml/hash.h
 6c03428a747fbfab599d4e86dd17d6b1  include/libxml/list.h
 d5c907a6d7d205e286168e007f32504c  include/libxml/nanoftp.h
 3f166ef07a961ee21d3561682d859edc  include/libxml/nanohttp.h
-ac7a4b3593e7f6fbc8bd8118c24fdf06  include/libxml/parser.h
+ca827023c1dee058837ce0360e88fa3e  include/libxml/parser.h
 36c2360e8bdaac08bfccba24e461d07f  include/libxml/parserInternals.h
 f1afd2d52bf66fbf45f02dc35c72c3eb  include/libxml/pattern.h
-5c004f394f8ea72b37b7b4ad5f963863  include/libxml/relaxng.h
-8fa4c6ec9573dd4fb714a46217d23b64  include/libxml/schemasInternals.h
-0e69ad4708a9ddd923e500c5db268a2d  include/libxml/schematron.h
+d752e41ee40c2b028d0adb34ffc38810  include/libxml/relaxng.h
+853377a2dbf74e9b0d679dcfcc1859b9  include/libxml/schemasInternals.h
+7a163ee849171ffc2471a89704a33643  include/libxml/schematron.h
 84310bd67922e532329432f7ab04338c  include/libxml/threads.h
-d0d712df122765999772922a2c7ee79f  include/libxml/tree.h
+8508e1498b7772ae84baf83ddd33b65c  include/libxml/tree.h
 9e795965522a7b231084cbd5ab089eda  include/libxml/uri.h
-d8567b6cb3e016915754517708ec777e  include/libxml/valid.h
+f26be264a608ed72fb7c74de76e3be72  include/libxml/valid.h
 d02d257861d28021ad33dad20e2683c3  include/libxml/xinclude.h
 4c7ff0fcbc3595d38f47e41f703dbc61  include/libxml/xlink.h
-c89f5d11097397b21b6a49492771fac5  include/libxml/xmlIO.h
+b0ebaf812c8258f5e631287de979d537  include/libxml/xmlIO.h
 78602d66c5db00b0deece2c56ab86d43  include/libxml/xmlautomata.h
-6ca609e01ed4da1b96777b5e0776b4e9  include/libxml/xmlerror.h
+e3fe66a1c3ca6359481c0a4fa25491c6  include/libxml/xmlerror.h
 dc29dad477ae3b1779f8b15fbae14a0d  include/libxml/xmlexports.h
-e58a5b14c8313bae42985a3aaf4d02c1  include/libxml/xmlmemory.h
+8eccb2172800caa343515fc0da596f4c  include/libxml/xmlmemory.h
 1dda0f8301c72cab8c0015a4f36d008f  include/libxml/xmlmodule.h
 abf4f7189ba11d03e73e22f9d1662328  include/libxml/xmlreader.h
 5f98d803fb4dd3fda837e2f922ce4e6a  include/libxml/xmlregexp.h
-3d6e99f4fc2732b1f772f7e36764c364  include/libxml/xmlsave.h
+2183378075a4a69030b3280c1fd2d1c0  include/libxml/xmlsave.h
 f4c5548787cac73cd7c6d18a07555393  include/libxml/xmlschemas.h
 ac3b6d0c4a6fc4ea9fea5652b46b2992  include/libxml/xmlschemastypes.h
 74cf81ae5e6c6b553e49683528d78b6b  include/libxml/xmlstring.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ c2b5c54ee40fd7bfba8eb6b9e90d6dbd  libxml.h
 67985a9e0fc42eebc29d12b884baa00a  list.c
 a9e486124ef2c3a00ecb44001d774484  nanoftp.c
 a2c34ca6d295906ebc9b56d8e056bf7a  nanohttp.c
-0f379762fd2331ac9eb413162c899538  parser.c
+55cd384ef09aedba5a740cf9cf0f3d2c  parser.c
 1064b876a87533052e48e7e570c4e670  parserInternals.c
 8809dafc22e8463d81a392ac8a853a59  pattern.c
 15a40570e75a1cf9f9da7350f9557b86  relaxng.c
diff --git a/distfiles/libxml2-2.12.3.tar.xz b/distfiles/libxml2-2.12.3.tar.xz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abca296
Binary files /dev/null and b/distfiles/libxml2-2.12.3.tar.xz differ
diff --git a/globals.c b/globals.c
index 48024ad..7ed67d7 100644
--- a/globals.c
+++ b/globals.c
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ XML_GLOBALS_ERROR
 XML_GLOBALS_HTML
 XML_GLOBALS_IO
 XML_GLOBALS_PARSER
-XML_GLOBALS_SAVE
 XML_GLOBALS_TREE
 #undef XML_OP
 };
@@ -908,7 +907,6 @@ XML_GLOBALS_ERROR
 XML_GLOBALS_HTML
 XML_GLOBALS_IO
 XML_GLOBALS_PARSER
-XML_GLOBALS_SAVE
 XML_GLOBALS_TREE
 #undef XML_OP
 
diff --git a/include/libxml/entities.h b/include/libxml/entities.h
index 615ead4..f679375 100644
--- a/include/libxml/entities.h
+++ b/include/libxml/entities.h
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 #define __XML_ENTITIES_H__
 
 #include <libxml/xmlversion.h>
+#define XML_TREE_INTERNALS
 #include <libxml/tree.h>
+#undef XML_TREE_INTERNALS
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
diff --git a/include/libxml/globals.h b/include/libxml/globals.h
index 29e5192..92f4131 100644
--- a/include/libxml/globals.h
+++ b/include/libxml/globals.h
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ extern "C" {
 typedef struct _xmlGlobalState xmlGlobalState;
 typedef xmlGlobalState *xmlGlobalStatePtr;
 
-XML_DEPRECATED XMLPUBFUN void
-xmlInitGlobals(void);
-XML_DEPRECATED XMLPUBFUN void
-xmlCleanupGlobals(void);
 XML_DEPRECATED XMLPUBFUN void
 xmlInitializeGlobalState(xmlGlobalStatePtr gs);
 XML_DEPRECATED XMLPUBFUN
diff --git a/include/libxml/parser.h b/include/libxml/parser.h
index 5fa5f6c..be8de30 100644
--- a/include/libxml/parser.h
+++ b/include/libxml/parser.h
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
 #define __XML_PARSER_H__
 
 #include <libxml/xmlversion.h>
+#define XML_TREE_INTERNALS
 #include <libxml/tree.h>
+#undef XML_TREE_INTERNALS
 #include <libxml/dict.h>
 #include <libxml/hash.h>
 #include <libxml/valid.h>
@@ -857,7 +859,10 @@ XMLPUBFUN const char *const *__xmlParserVersion(void);
   XML_OP(xmlLoadExtDtdDefaultValue, int, XML_DEPRECATED) \
   XML_OP(xmlParserDebugEntities, int, XML_DEPRECATED) \
   XML_OP(xmlPedanticParserDefaultValue, int, XML_DEPRECATED) \
-  XML_OP(xmlSubstituteEntitiesDefaultValue, int, XML_DEPRECATED)
+  XML_OP(xmlSubstituteEntitiesDefaultValue, int, XML_DEPRECATED) \
+  XML_OP(xmlIndentTreeOutput, int, XML_NO_ATTR) \
+  XML_OP(xmlTreeIndentString, const char *, XML_NO_ATTR) \
+  XML_OP(xmlSaveNoEmptyTags, int, XML_NO_ATTR)
 
 #ifdef LIBXML_SAX1_ENABLED
   #define XML_GLOBALS_PARSER_SAX1 \
@@ -891,6 +896,9 @@ XML_GLOBALS_PARSER
     XML_GLOBAL_MACRO(xmlPedanticParserDefaultValue)
   #define xmlSubstituteEntitiesDefaultValue \
     XML_GLOBAL_MACRO(xmlSubstituteEntitiesDefaultValue)
+  #define xmlIndentTreeOutput XML_GLOBAL_MACRO(xmlIndentTreeOutput)
+  #define xmlTreeIndentString XML_GLOBAL_MACRO(xmlTreeIndentString)
+  #define xmlSaveNoEmptyTags XML_GLOBAL_MACRO(xmlSaveNoEmptyTags)
 #endif
 /** DOC_ENABLE */
 
@@ -901,6 +909,12 @@ XMLPUBFUN void
 		xmlInitParser		(void);
 XMLPUBFUN void
 		xmlCleanupParser	(void);
+XML_DEPRECATED
+XMLPUBFUN void
+		xmlInitGlobals		(void);
+XML_DEPRECATED
+XMLPUBFUN void
+		xmlCleanupGlobals	(void);
 
 /*
  * Input functions
diff --git a/include/libxml/relaxng.h b/include/libxml/relaxng.h
index e764bad..079b7f1 100644
--- a/include/libxml/relaxng.h
+++ b/include/libxml/relaxng.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <libxml/xmlversion.h>
 #include <libxml/xmlerror.h>
 #include <libxml/xmlstring.h>
+#include <libxml/tree.h>
 
 #ifdef LIBXML_SCHEMAS_ENABLED
 
diff --git a/include/libxml/schemasInternals.h b/include/libxml/schemasInternals.h
index 5806f01..e9d3b3c 100644
--- a/include/libxml/schemasInternals.h
+++ b/include/libxml/schemasInternals.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <libxml/xmlregexp.h>
 #include <libxml/hash.h>
 #include <libxml/dict.h>
+#include <libxml/tree.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
diff --git a/include/libxml/schematron.h b/include/libxml/schematron.h
index 6e3d837..8dd8d25 100644
--- a/include/libxml/schematron.h
+++ b/include/libxml/schematron.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #ifdef LIBXML_SCHEMATRON_ENABLED
 
+#include <libxml/xmlerror.h>
 #include <libxml/tree.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/include/libxml/tree.h b/include/libxml/tree.h
index 2a6fef1..a90a174 100644
--- a/include/libxml/tree.h
+++ b/include/libxml/tree.h
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@
  * Author: Daniel Veillard
  */
 
+#ifndef XML_TREE_INTERNALS
+
+/*
+ * Emulate circular dependency for backward compatibility
+ */
+#include <libxml/parser.h>
+
+#else /* XML_TREE_INTERNALS */
+
 #ifndef __XML_TREE_H__
 #define __XML_TREE_H__
 
@@ -1349,3 +1358,5 @@ XML_DEPRECATED XMLPUBFUN int
 
 #endif /* __XML_TREE_H__ */
 
+#endif /* XML_TREE_INTERNALS */
+
diff --git a/include/libxml/valid.h b/include/libxml/valid.h
index b19cbac..3e04b55 100644
--- a/include/libxml/valid.h
+++ b/include/libxml/valid.h
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 
 #include <libxml/xmlversion.h>
 #include <libxml/xmlerror.h>
+#define XML_TREE_INTERNALS
 #include <libxml/tree.h>
+#undef XML_TREE_INTERNALS
 #include <libxml/list.h>
 #include <libxml/xmlautomata.h>
 #include <libxml/xmlregexp.h>
diff --git a/include/libxml/xmlIO.h b/include/libxml/xmlIO.h
index 7e88da5..eaea076 100644
--- a/include/libxml/xmlIO.h
+++ b/include/libxml/xmlIO.h
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <libxml/xmlversion.h>
 #include <libxml/encoding.h>
+#define XML_TREE_INTERNALS
 #include <libxml/tree.h>
+#undef XML_TREE_INTERNALS
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
diff --git a/include/libxml/xmlerror.h b/include/libxml/xmlerror.h
index 2dd792a..1f0ab4a 100644
--- a/include/libxml/xmlerror.h
+++ b/include/libxml/xmlerror.h
@@ -861,10 +861,10 @@ typedef void (*xmlStructuredErrorFunc) (void *userData, const xmlError *error);
 /** DOC_DISABLE */
 #define XML_GLOBALS_ERROR \
   XML_OP(xmlLastError, xmlError, XML_DEPRECATED) \
-  XML_OP(xmlGenericError, xmlGenericErrorFunc, XML_EMPTY) \
-  XML_OP(xmlGenericErrorContext, void *, XML_EMPTY) \
-  XML_OP(xmlStructuredError, xmlStructuredErrorFunc, XML_EMPTY) \
-  XML_OP(xmlStructuredErrorContext, void *, XML_EMPTY)
+  XML_OP(xmlGenericError, xmlGenericErrorFunc, XML_NO_ATTR) \
+  XML_OP(xmlGenericErrorContext, void *, XML_NO_ATTR) \
+  XML_OP(xmlStructuredError, xmlStructuredErrorFunc, XML_NO_ATTR) \
+  XML_OP(xmlStructuredErrorContext, void *, XML_NO_ATTR)
 
 #define XML_OP XML_DECLARE_GLOBAL
 XML_GLOBALS_ERROR
diff --git a/include/libxml/xmlmemory.h b/include/libxml/xmlmemory.h
index a3e26dd..097e3c8 100644
--- a/include/libxml/xmlmemory.h
+++ b/include/libxml/xmlmemory.h
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ typedef char *(*xmlStrdupFunc)(const char *str);
 /** DOC_DISABLE */
 #ifdef LIBXML_THREAD_ALLOC_ENABLED
   #define XML_GLOBALS_ALLOC \
-    XML_OP(xmlMalloc, xmlMallocFunc, XML_EMPTY) \
-    XML_OP(xmlMallocAtomic, xmlMallocFunc, XML_EMPTY) \
-    XML_OP(xmlRealloc, xmlReallocFunc, XML_EMPTY) \
-    XML_OP(xmlFree, xmlFreeFunc, XML_EMPTY) \
-    XML_OP(xmlMemStrdup, xmlStrdupFunc, XML_EMPTY)
+    XML_OP(xmlMalloc, xmlMallocFunc, XML_NO_ATTR) \
+    XML_OP(xmlMallocAtomic, xmlMallocFunc, XML_NO_ATTR) \
+    XML_OP(xmlRealloc, xmlReallocFunc, XML_NO_ATTR) \
+    XML_OP(xmlFree, xmlFreeFunc, XML_NO_ATTR) \
+    XML_OP(xmlMemStrdup, xmlStrdupFunc, XML_NO_ATTR)
   #define XML_OP XML_DECLARE_GLOBAL
     XML_GLOBALS_ALLOC
   #undef XML_OP
diff --git a/include/libxml/xmlsave.h b/include/libxml/xmlsave.h
index 1b7c0c5..fbf293a 100644
--- a/include/libxml/xmlsave.h
+++ b/include/libxml/xmlsave.h
@@ -41,23 +41,6 @@ typedef enum {
 typedef struct _xmlSaveCtxt xmlSaveCtxt;
 typedef xmlSaveCtxt *xmlSaveCtxtPtr;
 
-/** DOC_DISABLE */
-#define XML_GLOBALS_SAVE \
-  XML_OP(xmlIndentTreeOutput, int, XML_EMPTY) \
-  XML_OP(xmlTreeIndentString, const char *, XML_EMPTY) \
-  XML_OP(xmlSaveNoEmptyTags, int, XML_EMPTY)
-
-#define XML_OP XML_DECLARE_GLOBAL
-XML_GLOBALS_SAVE
-#undef XML_OP
-
-#if defined(LIBXML_THREAD_ENABLED) && !defined(XML_GLOBALS_NO_REDEFINITION)
-  #define xmlIndentTreeOutput XML_GLOBAL_MACRO(xmlIndentTreeOutput)
-  #define xmlTreeIndentString XML_GLOBAL_MACRO(xmlTreeIndentString)
-  #define xmlSaveNoEmptyTags XML_GLOBAL_MACRO(xmlSaveNoEmptyTags)
-#endif
-/** DOC_ENABLE */
-
 XMLPUBFUN xmlSaveCtxtPtr
 		xmlSaveToFd		(int fd,
 					 const char *encoding,
@@ -108,12 +91,6 @@ XMLPUBFUN int
 }
 #endif
 
-#else /* LIBXML_OUTPUT_ENABLED */
-
-/** DOC_DISABLE */
-#define XML_GLOBALS_SAVE
-/** DOC_ENABLE */
-
 #endif /* LIBXML_OUTPUT_ENABLED */
 #endif /* __XML_XMLSAVE_H__ */
 
diff --git a/include/libxml/xmlversion.h b/include/libxml/xmlversion.h
index aea74ed..258c3ca 100644
--- a/include/libxml/xmlversion.h
+++ b/include/libxml/xmlversion.h
@@ -29,21 +29,21 @@ XMLPUBFUN void xmlCheckVersion(int version);
  *
  * the version string like "1.2.3"
  */
-#define LIBXML_DOTTED_VERSION "2.12.2"
+#define LIBXML_DOTTED_VERSION "2.12.3"
 
 /**
  * LIBXML_VERSION:
  *
  * the version number: 1.2.3 value is 10203
  */
-#define LIBXML_VERSION 21202
+#define LIBXML_VERSION 21203
 
 /**
  * LIBXML_VERSION_STRING:
  *
  * the version number string, 1.2.3 value is "10203"
  */
-#define LIBXML_VERSION_STRING "21202"
+#define LIBXML_VERSION_STRING "21203"
 
 /**
  * LIBXML_VERSION_EXTRA:
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ XMLPUBFUN void xmlCheckVersion(int version);
  * Macro to check that the libxml version in use is compatible with
  * the version the software has been compiled against
  */
-#define LIBXML_TEST_VERSION xmlCheckVersion(21202);
+#define LIBXML_TEST_VERSION xmlCheckVersion(21203);
 
 #ifndef VMS
 #if 0
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ XMLPUBFUN void xmlCheckVersion(int version);
 #endif
 #endif /* __GNUC__ */
 
-#define XML_EMPTY
+#define XML_NO_ATTR
 
 #ifdef LIBXML_THREAD_ENABLED
   #define XML_DECLARE_GLOBAL(name, type, attrs) \
diff --git a/parser.c b/parser.c
index c9c21f2..e3587dc 100644
--- a/parser.c
+++ b/parser.c
@@ -1689,13 +1689,11 @@ xmlParserNsPush(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, const xmlHashedString *prefix,
         oldIndex = ctxt->nsdb->defaultNsIndex;
 
         if (oldIndex != INT_MAX) {
-            if (defAttr != 0)
-                return(0);
-
             extra = &ctxt->nsdb->extra[oldIndex];
 
             if (extra->elementId == ctxt->nsdb->elementId) {
-                xmlErrAttributeDup(ctxt, NULL, BAD_CAST "xmlns");
+                if (defAttr == 0)
+                    xmlErrAttributeDup(ctxt, NULL, BAD_CAST "xmlns");
                 return(0);
             }
 
@@ -1715,14 +1713,12 @@ xmlParserNsPush(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, const xmlHashedString *prefix,
     if (oldIndex != INT_MAX) {
         extra = &ctxt->nsdb->extra[oldIndex];
 
-        if (defAttr != 0)
-            return(0);
-
         /*
          * Check for duplicate definitions on the same element.
          */
         if (extra->elementId == ctxt->nsdb->elementId) {
-            xmlErrAttributeDup(ctxt, BAD_CAST "xmlns", prefix->name);
+            if (defAttr == 0)
+                xmlErrAttributeDup(ctxt, BAD_CAST "xmlns", prefix->name);
             return(0);
         }
 
diff --git a/win32/rcVersion.h b/win32/rcVersion.h
index 7ea57d7..64d27d1 100644
--- a/win32/rcVersion.h
+++ b/win32/rcVersion.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #define LIBXML_MAJOR_VERSION 2
 #define LIBXML_MINOR_VERSION 12
-#define LIBXML_MICRO_VERSION 2
-#define LIBXML_DOTTED_VERSION "2.12.2"
+#define LIBXML_MICRO_VERSION 3
+#define LIBXML_DOTTED_VERSION "2.12.3"