diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 66054c350..246f6e235 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 Pyxform Changelog
 
+# v1.2.1, 2020-11-14
+
+* #479 Java versions can have patch versions
+  * Yaw Anokwa @yanokwa (ODK)
+
 # v1.2.0, 2020-09-10
 
 * #436 support another java version string for 9-internal
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 4ecb109ee..f72876989 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ===============
-pyxform v1.2.0
+pyxform v1.2.1
 ===============
 
 |circleci|  |appveyor| |codecov| |black|
diff --git a/pyxform/__init__.py b/pyxform/__init__.py
index aefb76af1..83fca08b1 100644
--- a/pyxform/__init__.py
+++ b/pyxform/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Collect easy.
 """
 
-__version__ = "1.2.0"
+__version__ = "1.2.1"
 
 from pyxform.builder import (
     SurveyElementBuilder,
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 461b78d6b..43433eef1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="pyxform",
-    version="1.2.0",
+    version="1.2.1",
     author="github.com/xlsform",
     author_email="info@xlsform.org",
     packages=find_packages(),