diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7a1bcbedd..4342c2d64 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2012-02-28  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
+
+	* Source/NSArchiver.m:
+	* Source/NSUnarchiver.m:
+	* Source/NSPortCoder.m:
+	* Version: Update to 12402
+	Bump subminor version as suggested by eric Wasylishen, in case there
+	are any archives which would be caugt by the new version number.
+
 2012-02-28  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
 	* Source/NSArchiver.m:
diff --git a/Source/NSArchiver.m b/Source/NSArchiver.m
index e017512d3..bc6f2b899 100644
--- a/Source/NSArchiver.m
+++ b/Source/NSArchiver.m
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ static Class	NSMutableDataMallocClass;
    * data and using the eighth (top) bit to indicate that there are more
    * bytes in the sequence.
    */
-  if ([self systemVersion] >= ((((1 * 100) + 24) * 100) + 1))
+  if ([self systemVersion] > 12401)
     {
       NSUInteger	tmp = count;
 
diff --git a/Source/NSPortCoder.m b/Source/NSPortCoder.m
index 5568aa865..84bf17d44 100644
--- a/Source/NSPortCoder.m
+++ b/Source/NSPortCoder.m
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ static IMP	_xRefImp;	/* Serialize a crossref.	*/
   NSUInteger	count;
 
   (*_dTagImp)(_src, dTagSel, &info, 0, &_cursor);
-  if ([self systemVersion] >= ((((1 * 100) + 24) * 100) + 1))
+  if (_version > 12401)
     {
       uint8_t	c;
 
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ static IMP	_xRefImp;	/* Serialize a crossref.	*/
    * data and using the eighth (top) bit to indicate that there are more
    * bytes in the sequence.
    */
-  if ([self systemVersion] >= ((((1 * 100) + 24) * 100) + 1))
+  if ([self systemVersion] > 12401)
     {
       NSUInteger	tmp = count;
 
diff --git a/Source/NSUnarchiver.m b/Source/NSUnarchiver.m
index 28c1e8886..085e2330e 100644
--- a/Source/NSUnarchiver.m
+++ b/Source/NSUnarchiver.m
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ static Class NSDataMallocClass;
   NSUInteger	count;
 
   (*tagImp)(src, tagSel, &info, 0, &cursor);
-  if ([self systemVersion] >= ((((1 * 100) + 24) * 100) + 1))
+  if (version > 12401)
     {
       uint8_t	c;
 
diff --git a/Version b/Version
index e10970c29..7443e52df 100644
--- a/Version
+++ b/Version
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ GCC_VERSION=4.0.0
 # The version number of this release.
 MAJOR_VERSION=1
 MINOR_VERSION=24
-SUBMINOR_VERSION=1
+SUBMINOR_VERSION=2
 # numeric value should match above
-VERSION_NUMBER=124.1
+VERSION_NUMBER=124.2
 GNUSTEP_BASE_VERSION=${MAJOR_VERSION}.${MINOR_VERSION}.${SUBMINOR_VERSION}
 VERSION=${GNUSTEP_BASE_VERSION}