diff --git a/man/pandoc-lua.1 b/man/pandoc-lua.1
--- a/man/pandoc-lua.1
+++ b/man/pandoc-lua.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 3.12
+.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 3.12.1
 .\"
-.TH "pandoc-lua" "1" "September 22, 2022" "pandoc 3.12" "Pandoc User\[cq]s Guide"
+.TH "pandoc-lua" "1" "September 22, 2022" "pandoc 3.12.1" "Pandoc User\[cq]s Guide"
 .SH NAME
 pandoc\-lua \- Lua interface to pandoc API
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/man/pandoc-server.1 b/man/pandoc-server.1
--- a/man/pandoc-server.1
+++ b/man/pandoc-server.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 3.12
+.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 3.12.1
 .\"
-.TH "pandoc-server" "1" "August 15, 2022" "pandoc 3.12" "Pandoc User\[cq]s Guide"
+.TH "pandoc-server" "1" "August 15, 2022" "pandoc 3.12.1" "Pandoc User\[cq]s Guide"
 .SH NAME
 pandoc\-server \- web server exposing pandoc API
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/man/pandoc.1 b/man/pandoc.1
--- a/man/pandoc.1
+++ b/man/pandoc.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 3.12
+.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 3.12.1
 .\"
-.TH "pandoc" "1" "2026\-09\-26" "pandoc 3.12" "Pandoc User\[cq]s Guide"
+.TH "pandoc" "1" "2026\-10\-07" "pandoc 3.12.1" "Pandoc User\[cq]s Guide"
 .SH NAME
 pandoc - general markup converter
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@
 .IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]fb2\f[R] (FictionBook2 e\-book)
 .IP \(bu 2
+\f[CR]fodt\f[R] (flat OpenDocument text document)
+.IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]gfm\f[R] (GitHub\-Flavored Markdown), or the deprecated and less
 accurate \f[CR]markdown_github\f[R]; use \f[CR]markdown_github\f[R] only
 if you need extensions not supported in \f[CR]gfm\f[R].
@@ -376,6 +378,8 @@
 .IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]fb2\f[R] (FictionBook2 e\-book)
 .IP \(bu 2
+\f[CR]fodt\f[R] (flat OpenDocument text document)
+.IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]gfm\f[R] (GitHub\-Flavored Markdown), or the deprecated and less
 accurate \f[CR]markdown_github\f[R]; use \f[CR]markdown_github\f[R] only
 if you need extensions not supported in \f[CR]gfm\f[R].
@@ -1183,7 +1187,11 @@
 .TP
 \f[CR]\-\-link\-images[=true|false]\f[R]
 Include links to images instead of embedding the images in ODT.
-(This option currently only affects ODT output.)
+(This option currently only affects \f[CR]odt\f[R] and \f[CR]fodt\f[R]
+output.)
+This is worth considering for \f[CR]fodt\f[R], where images have to be
+base64\-encoded and so take about a third more space than in the
+compressed \f[CR]odt\f[R] package.
 .TP
 \f[CR]\-\-html\-q\-tags[=true|false]\f[R]
 Use \f[CR]<q>\f[R] tags for quotes in HTML.
@@ -1487,6 +1495,12 @@
 \f[CR]pandoc \-o custom\-reference.odt \-\-print\-default\-data\-file reference.odt\f[R].
 Then open \f[CR]custom\-reference.odt\f[R] in LibreOffice, modify the
 styles as you wish, and save the file.
+.PP
+\f[CR]fodt\f[R] output uses the same reference documents as
+\f[CR]odt\f[R]; the reference is still a zipped \f[CR].odt\f[R], which
+is flattened along with the generated content.
+Note that an automatic style of the reference document is dropped, with
+a warning, if the generated content defines a style of the same name.
 .RE
 .TP
 PowerPoint
@@ -3580,6 +3594,18 @@
 \f[CR]linkcolor\f[R], \f[CR]filecolor\f[R], \f[CR]citecolor\f[R]
 color for external links, internal links, and citation links,
 respectively: expects a hexadecimal color code
+.TP
+\f[CR]csl\-entry\-spacing\f[R]
+entry spacing between citeproc\-generated bibliography entries (with a
+unit, e.g.\ \f[CR]1em\f[R]).
+This will be set automatically based on the CSL style but can be
+overridden.
+.TP
+\f[CR]csl\-hanging\-indent\f[R]
+amount of hanging indent in citeproc\-generated bibliography entries
+(with a unit, e.g.\ \f[CR]1.5em\f[R]).
+This will be set automatically based on the CSL style but can be
+overridden.
 .SS Variables for ms
 .TP
 \f[CR]fontfamily\f[R]
@@ -6850,7 +6876,7 @@
 Spin wave dispersion on the <span class=\(dqnocase\(dq>nm</span> scale
 .EE
 .RE
-.SS Conference Papers, Published vs.\ Unpublished
+.SS Conference papers, published vs.\ unpublished
 For a formally published conference paper, use the biblatex entry type
 \f[CR]inproceedings\f[R] (which will be mapped to CSL
 \f[CR]paper\-conference\f[R]).
@@ -8128,11 +8154,11 @@
 In other formats, \f[CR]idiomatic\f[R] will have the same result as
 \f[CR]default\f[R].
 .SH CUSTOM STYLES
-Custom styles can be used in the docx, odt and ICML formats.
+Custom styles can be used in the docx, odt, fodt and ICML formats.
 .SS Output
-By default, pandoc\(cqs odt, docx and ICML output applies a predefined
-set of styles for blocks such as paragraphs and block quotes, and uses
-largely default formatting (italics, bold) for inlines.
+By default, pandoc\(cqs odt, fodt, docx and ICML output applies a
+predefined set of styles for blocks such as paragraphs and block quotes,
+and uses largely default formatting (italics, bold) for inlines.
 This will work for most purposes, especially alongside a reference doc
 file.
 However, if you need to apply your own styles to blocks, or match a
diff --git a/pandoc-cli.cabal b/pandoc-cli.cabal
--- a/pandoc-cli.cabal
+++ b/pandoc-cli.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:   2.4
 name:            pandoc-cli
-version:         3.12
+version:         3.12.1
 build-type:      Simple
 license:         GPL-2.0-or-later
 license-file:    COPYING.md
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
   buildable:       True
   -- Note: we always link to an exact version of pandoc, with the
   -- same version as this package:
-  build-depends:   pandoc == 3.12, text
+  build-depends:   pandoc == 3.12.1, text
   other-modules:   PandocCLI.Lua
                  , PandocCLI.Server