diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index c8e0d6f63..0c1ed9bfb 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -422,6 +422,8 @@ Version 1.6.0beta27 [August 10, 2012]
     png_app_error(), which can be disabled in the app using
     png_set_benign_errors(), and removes the spurious use of usr_channels
     on the read side.
+  Insist on autotools 1.12.1 for git builds because there are security issues
+    with 1.12 and insisting on anything less would allow 1.12 to be used.
 
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 2362c9b8a..9431b8264 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4173,6 +4173,8 @@ Version 1.6.0beta27 [August 10, 2012]
     png_app_error(), which can be disabled in the app using
     png_set_benign_errors(), and removes the spurious use of usr_channels
     on the read side.
+  Insist on autotools 1.12.1 for git builds because there are security issues
+    with 1.12 and insisting on anything less would allow 1.12 to be used.
 
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diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ac0b7e389..8648c4f4d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([scripts])
 # silent-rules requires automake 1.11 or later
 # dist-xz requires automake 1.11 or later
 # 1.11.1 fixes a security issue in 1.11
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11.1 foreign dist-xz dist-bzip2 color-tests silent-rules])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.12.2 foreign dist-xz dist-bzip2 color-tests silent-rules])
 # was:
 # AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE