diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 07855b0..4263329 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Changelog for Isso
 ==================
 
-0.12.1 (UNRELEASED)
+0.12.1 (2019-01-19)
 -------------------
 
 - Revert fix for duplicate slashes, as it prevents isso from
diff --git a/docs/releasing.rst b/docs/releasing.rst
index ea81f31..371651a 100644
--- a/docs/releasing.rst
+++ b/docs/releasing.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Releasing steps
 
 * Run ``python3 setup.py nosetests``, ``python2 setup.py nosetests``
 * Update version number in ``setup.py`` and ``CHANGES.rst``
-* ``git commit -m "Preparing ${VERSION}"``
+* ``git commit -m "Preparing ${VERSION}" setup.py CHANGES.rst``
 * ``git tag -as ${VERSION}``
 * ``make init all``
 * ``./setup.py sdist``
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ff1b6c9..45b01ae 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ elif (3, 0) <= sys.version_info < (3, 4):
 
 setup(
     name='isso',
-    version='0.12.1dev0',
+    version='0.12.1',
     author='Martin Zimmermann',
     author_email='info@posativ.org',
     packages=find_packages(),