diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e05e5cf2b..689618637 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ endif()
 
 # set up versioning.
 set(DF_VERSION "0.44.12")
-set(DFHACK_RELEASE "r1")
+set(DFHACK_RELEASE "r2")
 set(DFHACK_PRERELEASE FALSE)
 
 set(DFHACK_VERSION "${DF_VERSION}-${DFHACK_RELEASE}")
diff --git a/docs/Authors.rst b/docs/Authors.rst
index 7233e558a..ba3a00b35 100644
--- a/docs/Authors.rst
+++ b/docs/Authors.rst
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Bearskie                Bearskie
 belal                   jimhester
 Ben Lubar               BenLubar
 Ben Rosser              TC01
+billw2012               billw2012
 brndd                   brndd                   burneddi
 Bumber                  Bumber64
 Caldfir                 caldfir
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ Kromtec                 Kromtec
 Kurik Amudnil
 Lethosor                lethosor
 Mason11987              Mason11987
+Matt Regul              mattregul
 Matthew Cline
 Matthew Lindner         mlindner
 Max                     maxthyme                Max^TM
diff --git a/docs/changelog.txt b/docs/changelog.txt
index d99eabb7f..4db4072f0 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ changelog.txt uses a syntax similar to RST, with a few special sequences:
 ================================================================================
 # Future
 
+# 0.44.12-r2
+
 ## New Plugins
 - `debug`: manages runtime debug print category filtering
 - `nestboxes`: automatically scan for and forbid fertile eggs incubating in a nestbox
@@ -64,6 +66,8 @@ changelog.txt uses a syntax similar to RST, with a few special sequences:
     - stopped assigning labors to ineligible dwarves, pets, etc.
     - stopped assigning invalid labors
     - added support for crafting jobs that use pearl
+    - fixed issues causing cleaning jobs to not be assigned
+    - added support for disabling management of specific labors
 - `prospector`: (also affected `embark-tools`) - fixed a crash when prospecting an unusable site (ocean, mountains, etc.) with a large default embark size in d_init.txt (e.g. 16x16)
 - `siege-engine`: fixed a few Lua errors (``math.pow()``, ``unit.relationship_ids``)
 - `tweak`: fixed ``hotkey-clear``
@@ -93,9 +97,10 @@ changelog.txt uses a syntax similar to RST, with a few special sequences:
 - Linux/macOS: changed recommended build backend from Make to Ninja (Make builds will be significantly slower now)
 - Added a usable unit test framework for basic tests, and a few basic tests
 - Core: various thread safety and memory management improvements
-- Fixed cmake build dependencies for generated header files
+- Fixed CMake build dependencies for generated header files
 - Fixed custom ``CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS`` not being passed to plugins
 - Changed ``plugins/CMakeLists.custom.txt`` to be ignored by git and created (if needed) at build time instead
+- Added ``CMakeSettings.json`` with intellisense support
 
 ## Lua
 - ``utils``: new ``OrderedTable`` class