diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index eb484936..9dd533ac 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+Version 1.2.1 (2010-02-11)
+  o Option 'interpret communities' allows to override implicit handling
+    of well-known communities.
+  o 'configure' command uses route reload when filters change.
+  o Adds router ID of advertising router as OSPF route attribute.
+  o 'show route' command indicates primary route and shows OSPF Router ID.
+  o Configurable date/time formats.
+  o Several minor bugfixes.
+
 Version 1.2.0 (2010-01-05)
   o Implements OSPFv3 (IPv6 support for OSPF). Because the code is
     shared with OSPFv2 and there were deep changes in it, we suggest
diff --git a/misc/bird.spec b/misc/bird.spec
index 30935c2d..81ddaf0b 100644
--- a/misc/bird.spec
+++ b/misc/bird.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary: BIRD Internet Routing Daemon
 Name: bird
-Version: 1.2.0
+Version: 1.2.1
 Release: 1
 Copyright: GPL
 Group: Networking/Daemons
diff --git a/sysdep/config.h b/sysdep/config.h
index 7b731999..d4a6bf76 100644
--- a/sysdep/config.h
+++ b/sysdep/config.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #define _BIRD_CONFIG_H_
 
 /* BIRD version */
-#define BIRD_VERSION "1.2.0"
+#define BIRD_VERSION "1.2.1"
 
 /* Include parameters determined by configure script */
 #include "sysdep/autoconf.h"