diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f816787..c292a2c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.12.4 / 2022-12-05
+
+* [SECURITY] Fix [GHSA-7rg2-cxvp-9p7p](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7rg2-cxvp-9p7p) (manual backport of [#209](https://github.com/prometheus/graphite_exporter/pull/209))
+
 ## 0.12.3 / 2022-08-06
 
 * [BUGFIX] Fix crash on startup for some configurations ([#198](https://github.com/prometheus/graphite_exporter/pull/198))
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index aa22d3c..e01e0dd 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.12.3
+0.12.4
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 33ebd88..3ab48f7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.2
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.37.0
-	github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit v0.7.1
+	github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit v0.7.3
 	github.com/prometheus/prometheus v1.8.2-0.20210119214810-e4487274853c
 	github.com/prometheus/statsd_exporter v0.22.7
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 52d2b4d..e513619 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -754,8 +754,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/common v0.35.0/go.mod h1:phzohg0JFMnBEFGxTDbfu3QyL5GI8gTQJ
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.37.0 h1:ccBbHCgIiT9uSoFY0vX8H3zsNR5eLt17/RQLUvn8pXE=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.37.0/go.mod h1:phzohg0JFMnBEFGxTDbfu3QyL5GI8gTQJFhYO5B3mfA=
 github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit v0.5.1/go.mod h1:OCkM4805mmisBhLmVFw858QYi3v0wKdY6/UxrT0pZVg=
-github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit v0.7.1 h1:c6RXaK8xBVercEeUQ4tRNL8UGWzDHfvj9dseo1FcK1Y=
-github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit v0.7.1/go.mod h1:ZUBIj498ePooX9t/2xtDjeQYwvRpiPP2lh5u4iblj2g=
+github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit v0.7.3 h1:IYBn0CTGi/nYxstdTUKysuSofUNJ3DQW3FmZ/Ub6rgU=
+github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit v0.7.3/go.mod h1:ZUBIj498ePooX9t/2xtDjeQYwvRpiPP2lh5u4iblj2g=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.0-20181005140218-185b4288413d/go.mod h1:c3At6R/oaqEKCNdg8wHV1ftS6bRYblBhIjjI8uT2IGk=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.0-20190117184657-bf6a532e95b1/go.mod h1:c3At6R/oaqEKCNdg8wHV1ftS6bRYblBhIjjI8uT2IGk=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.2/go.mod h1:TjEm7ze935MbeOT/UhFTIMYKhuLP4wbCsTZCD3I8kEA=