diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 809dc9d09..dc28970f1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 - [#3691](https://github.com/clojure-emacs/cider/pull/3691): Deprecate `cider-sync-request:inspect-set-*` functions in favor of generic `inspect-refresh` op.
 - Bump the injected `cider-nrepl` to [0.49.0](https://github.com/clojure-emacs/cider-nrepl/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#0490-2024-06-02).
+- Bump the injected nREPL version to 1.2.0.
 
 ### Bugs fixed
 
diff --git a/cider.el b/cider.el
index d0ba96641..227edc9e9 100644
--- a/cider.el
+++ b/cider.el
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ Throws an error if PROJECT-TYPE is unknown."
   "List of dependencies where elements are lists of artifact name and version.")
 (put 'cider-jack-in-dependencies 'risky-local-variable t)
 
-(defcustom cider-injected-nrepl-version "1.2.0-beta2"
+(defcustom cider-injected-nrepl-version "1.2.0"
   "The version of nREPL injected on jack-in.
 We inject the newest known version of nREPL just in case
 your version of Boot or Leiningen is bundling an older one."