diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 9314b7cb..a5ecfeb1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+v3.6.1 2023-05-16
+      * Tiny update with a quick workaround for gcc12 compilation issues
+        (github issue #125).
+
 v3.6.0 2023-05-16
       * This milestone release primarily brings a massive restructuring and
         update of the Python API of NCrystal. The changes should be backwards
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d29be39d..95c06655 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ endif()
 
 cmake_policy( SET CMP0048 NEW )#Not sure if this is really needed
 
-project( NCrystal VERSION 3.6.0 ${_project_metadata} )
+project( NCrystal VERSION 3.6.1 ${_project_metadata} )
 
 unset( _project_metadata )
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 40c341bd..9575d51b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.6.0
+3.6.1
diff --git a/ncrystal_core/include/NCrystal/NCMem.hh b/ncrystal_core/include/NCrystal/NCMem.hh
index 95f8ebb0..a680f593 100644
--- a/ncrystal_core/include/NCrystal/NCMem.hh
+++ b/ncrystal_core/include/NCrystal/NCMem.hh
@@ -306,13 +306,21 @@ namespace NCrystal {
     nc_assert( size>0 );//size 0 malloc is UB
     nc_assert( alignment>0 );//duh!
     nc_assert( (alignment & (alignment - 1)) == 0 );//checks if (non-zero) alignment is power of 2.
+
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ > 11 )
+    if ( false ) {//Very temporary workaround for gcc 12! This is of course pretty nasty!
+#else
+
 #  if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__*1000+__GNUC_MINOR__)<4009
     //gcc didn't add max_align_t to std:: until gcc 4.9
     constexpr auto alignof_max_align_t = alignof(max_align_t);
 #  else
     constexpr auto alignof_max_align_t = alignof(std::max_align_t);
 #  endif
+
+
     if ( alignment <= alignof_max_align_t ) {
+#endif
       //std::malloc is supposed to work in this case (and std::aligned_alloc
       //might NOT work!):
       void * result = std::malloc(size);
diff --git a/ncrystal_core/include/NCrystal/NCSmallVector.hh b/ncrystal_core/include/NCrystal/NCSmallVector.hh
index 09f26b0d..e1c728cd 100644
--- a/ncrystal_core/include/NCrystal/NCSmallVector.hh
+++ b/ncrystal_core/include/NCrystal/NCSmallVector.hh
@@ -489,6 +489,7 @@ namespace NCrystal {
       std::swap(m_count,o.m_count);
       this->setBeginPtr( m_data.large.data = o.m_data.large.data);
       m_data.large.capacity = o.m_data.large.capacity;
+      o.m_data.large.capacity = 0;//why did we leave out this line earlier?
       Impl::setBeginPtrSmallData(&o);
     }
     assert(o.empty());
diff --git a/ncrystal_core/include/NCrystal/NCVersion.hh b/ncrystal_core/include/NCrystal/NCVersion.hh
index bc0c607a..ed1221c9 100644
--- a/ncrystal_core/include/NCrystal/NCVersion.hh
+++ b/ncrystal_core/include/NCrystal/NCVersion.hh
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@
 
 #define NCRYSTAL_VERSION_MAJOR 3
 #define NCRYSTAL_VERSION_MINOR 6
-#define NCRYSTAL_VERSION_PATCH 0
-#define NCRYSTAL_VERSION   3006000 /* (1000000*MAJOR+1000*MINOR+PATCH)   */
-#define NCRYSTAL_VERSION_STR "3.6.0"
+#define NCRYSTAL_VERSION_PATCH 1
+#define NCRYSTAL_VERSION   3006001 /* (1000000*MAJOR+1000*MINOR+PATCH)   */
+#define NCRYSTAL_VERSION_STR "3.6.1"
 
 #include "NCrystal/ncapi.h"
 #include <stdexcept>
diff --git a/ncrystal_core/include/NCrystal/ncrystal.h b/ncrystal_core/include/NCrystal/ncrystal.h
index 1cc6c6b8..003a99a1 100644
--- a/ncrystal_core/include/NCrystal/ncrystal.h
+++ b/ncrystal_core/include/NCrystal/ncrystal.h
@@ -580,9 +580,9 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 #define NCRYSTAL_VERSION_MAJOR 3
 #define NCRYSTAL_VERSION_MINOR 6
-#define NCRYSTAL_VERSION_PATCH 0
-#define NCRYSTAL_VERSION   3006000 /* (1000000*MAJOR+1000*MINOR+PATCH)             */
-#define NCRYSTAL_VERSION_STR "3.6.0"
+#define NCRYSTAL_VERSION_PATCH 1
+#define NCRYSTAL_VERSION   3006001 /* (1000000*MAJOR+1000*MINOR+PATCH)             */
+#define NCRYSTAL_VERSION_STR "3.6.1"
   NCRYSTAL_API int ncrystal_version(); /* returns NCRYSTAL_VERSION                  */
   NCRYSTAL_API const char * ncrystal_version_str(); /* returns NCRYSTAL_VERSION_STR */
 
diff --git a/ncrystal_core/src/NCNCMATData.cc b/ncrystal_core/src/NCNCMATData.cc
index 0ce81da3..0b090d8b 100644
--- a/ncrystal_core/src/NCNCMATData.cc
+++ b/ncrystal_core/src/NCNCMATData.cc
@@ -645,6 +645,7 @@ const char * NC::NCMATData::DynInfo::diType2Str( DynInfoType di)
   case DynInfoType::ScatKnl: return "ScatKnl";
   default:
     nc_assert_always(false);
+    return "";//need a return statement here to avoid spurious compiler warning with gcc12
   case DynInfoType::Undefined:
     return "Undefined";
   }
diff --git a/ncrystal_mcstas/NCrystal_sample.comp b/ncrystal_mcstas/NCrystal_sample.comp
index fa964212..a3de74d6 100644
--- a/ncrystal_mcstas/NCrystal_sample.comp
+++ b/ncrystal_mcstas/NCrystal_sample.comp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 *
 * %I
 * Written by: NCrystal developers
-* Version: 3.6.0
+* Version: 3.6.1
 * Origin: NCrystal Developers (European Spallation Source ERIC and DTU Nutech)
 *
 * McStas sample component for the NCrystal library for thermal neutron transport
diff --git a/ncrystal_python/__init__.py b/ncrystal_python/__init__.py
index 573abbd0..534de6d3 100644
--- a/ncrystal_python/__init__.py
+++ b/ncrystal_python/__init__.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
 #NB: Synchronize meta-data below with fields in setup.py.in meta data:
 __license__ = "Apache 2.0, http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0"
-__version__ = '3.6.0'
+__version__ = '3.6.1'
 __status__ = "Production"
 __author__ = "NCrystal developers (Thomas Kittelmann, Xiao Xiao Cai)"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright 2015-2023 %s"%__author__