diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 34d61a4d..7ee827b2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ image fidelity. Factor runs well on single machines or on compute clusters with
 multiple nodes (with a shared file system). It requires only modest resources
 (at least 32 GB of memory and 1 TB of disk space).
 
-What's New since v1.1
----------------------
+What's New in v1.2
+------------------
 
 * An unarchiving tool (`unarchivefactor`) has been added that can unarchive an
 archive made with `archivefactor`
diff --git a/docs/source/changelog.rst b/docs/source/changelog.rst
index 04c73f64..2ada1fd5 100644
--- a/docs/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/source/changelog.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+Version 1.2
+-----------
+
 Changes since version 1.1:
 
     * An unarchiving tool (``unarchivefactor``, see :ref:`unarchivefactor`) has been added that can unarchive an archive made with ``archivefactor``
@@ -13,7 +16,7 @@ Changes since version 1.1:
 
 
 Version 1.1
--------------
+-----------
 
 Changes since version 1.0:
 
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index affd7d2d..606b6927 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '1.1'
+version = '1.2'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '1.1'
+release = '1.2'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/factor/_version.py b/factor/_version.py
index 6ccd76ae..90d2187e 100644
--- a/factor/_version.py
+++ b/factor/_version.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 """
 
 # Version number
-__version__ = '1.1'
+__version__ = '1.2'
 
 # Change log
 def changelog():
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ def changelog():
     FACTOR Changelog.
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+    07/04/2017 - Version 1.2
+
     28/03/2017
 
         - An unarchiving tool (unarchivefactor) has been added that can