diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 5e3e838fd..bcd16c977 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,25 @@
 Change log
 ==========
 
+Version 1.2.1 [2026-03-12]
+--------------------------
+
+Changes
+~~~~~~~
+
+Dependencies
+++++++++++++
+
+- Bumped ``jsonschema~=4.26.0``
+
+Bugfixes
+~~~~~~~~
+
+- OpenWrt: turned output of tls_cipher to UCI list `#349
+  <https://github.com/openwisp/netjsonconfig/issues/349>`_
+- Fixed naive boolean coercion `#383
+  <https://github.com/openwisp/netjsonconfig/issues/383>`_
+
 Version 1.2.0 [2025-10-23]
 --------------------------
 
diff --git a/netjsonconfig/version.py b/netjsonconfig/version.py
index f0b05c9fb..6c7f96404 100644
--- a/netjsonconfig/version.py
+++ b/netjsonconfig/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = (1, 2, 0, "final")
+VERSION = (1, 2, 1, "final")
 __version__ = VERSION