diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ce8ba23c9ff..bfbd7a9400e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 You can find a list of previous releases on the [github releases](https://github.com/uber/cadence/releases) page.
 
+## [1.2.4] - 2023-09-27
+### Added
+Implement config store for MySQL (#5403)
+Implement config store for PostgresSQL (#5405)
+
+### Fixed
+Remove database check for config store tests (#5401)
+Fix persistence tests setup (#5402)
+Retract v1.2.3 (#5406)
+
 ## [1.2.3] - 2023-09-15
 ### Added
 Expose workflow history size and count to client (#5392)
diff --git a/common/metrics/version.go b/common/metrics/version.go
index 192007cbefb..0ff7f3b7916 100644
--- a/common/metrics/version.go
+++ b/common/metrics/version.go
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@
 package metrics
 
 // VersionString the current release version
-const VersionString = "1.2.3"
+const VersionString = "1.2.4"