diff --git a/eric.changes b/eric.changes
index 3ea9bb0..2067781 100644
--- a/eric.changes
+++ b/eric.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,34 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Dec  8 10:16:03 UTC 2019 - Hans-Peter Jansen <hpj@urpla.net>
+
+- Update ro version 19.12
+   -  bug fixes
+   -  MicroPython
+     -  added a menu entry to show the local and device time side-by-side
+     -  added a PyBoard menu entry to flash a new firmware
+     -  added a menu entry to open the firmware download page of a device
+   -  Syntax Checker
+     -  added a syntax checker for JSON files
+     -  added a syntax checker for YAML files
+   -  install script
+     -  added the "--yes" flag to allow installation of all missing
+        prerequisites with pip without asking
+- removed the patches
+  * eric-focus-issues-fix.patch
+  * eric-more-fixes.patch
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Dec  5 21:43:37 UTC 2019 - Hans-Peter Jansen <hpj@urpla.net>
+
+- add another patch to fix more issues
+  * eric-more-fixes.patch
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Dec  1 15:06:38 UTC 2019 - Hans-Peter Jansen <hpj@urpla.net>
+
+- add patch to fix two focus related issues
+  * eric-focus-issues-fix.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Nov 28 10:35:36 UTC 2019 - Hans-Peter Jansen <hpj@urpla.net>
 
diff --git a/eric.spec b/eric.spec
index 0774305..d003387 100644
--- a/eric.spec
+++ b/eric.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 %define distname eric6
 
 Name:           eric
-Version:        19.11
+Version:        19.12
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Python IDE based on Qt5
 License:        GPL-3.0-or-later
@@ -83,9 +83,6 @@ python-eric6-api or python3-eric6-api is needed.
 
 find . -name \*.py -exec sed -i -e '/^#!\/usr\/bin.*python/d' '{}' \;
 
-# fix a small glitch and remove, when fixed upstream
-sed -i 's/.__checkSpellLanguage(language)/.__checkSpellLanguage()/g' eric/eric6/QScintilla/Editor.py
-
 %build
 # nothing here
 
diff --git a/eric6-19.11.tar.gz b/eric6-19.11.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index aac6a10..0000000
--- a/eric6-19.11.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:43854e040d23b2d0ccc7ab6aa4d32abfd763df147acd7addf8fc1dd1007ccb1b
-size 16241807
diff --git a/eric6-19.12.tar.gz b/eric6-19.12.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8dee5d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eric6-19.12.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:fd5a96996e31149bc4532b5a63638537e9f8cd67a1cd1b759fd5a46934a2b1d9
+size 16263848