diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index feb0e12..7824241 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1.2.1 (2022-09-08)
+------------------
+
+ - bugfix release
+
 1.2.0 (2022-09-05)
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/mmdebstrap b/mmdebstrap
index 50666f4..5fb0737 100755
--- a/mmdebstrap
+++ b/mmdebstrap
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-our $VERSION = '1.2.0';
+our $VERSION = '1.2.1';
 
 use English;
 use Getopt::Long;