diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 2f3d87b..831a538 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ History
 -------
 
 
+4.1.12 (2016-03-06)
+++++++++++++++++++
+
+- encode hostname as utf-8 basestring before adding to X-Machine-Name header
+
+
 4.1.11 (2016-03-06)
 ++++++++++++++++++
 
diff --git a/wakatime/__about__.py b/wakatime/__about__.py
index c0356bf..a3d72bb 100644
--- a/wakatime/__about__.py
+++ b/wakatime/__about__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 __title__ = 'wakatime'
 __description__ = 'Common interface to the WakaTime api.'
 __url__ = 'https://github.com/wakatime/wakatime'
-__version_info__ = ('4', '1', '11')
+__version_info__ = ('4', '1', '12')
 __version__ = '.'.join(__version_info__)
 __author__ = 'Alan Hamlett'
 __author_email__ = 'alan@wakatime.com'