diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4227682..f1e3193 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+Version 1.2:
+	Slight improvements to decompression speed.
+
+	Added an AVX-512BW implementation of Adler-32.
+
+	The Makefile now supports a user-specified installation PREFIX.
+
+	Fixed build error with some Visual Studio versions.
+
 Version 1.1:
 	Fixed crash in CRC-32 code when the prebuilt libdeflate for
 	32-bit Windows was called by a program built with Visual Studio.
diff --git a/libdeflate.h b/libdeflate.h
index f8f6ace..c5600fc 100644
--- a/libdeflate.h
+++ b/libdeflate.h
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 #define LIBDEFLATE_VERSION_MAJOR	1
-#define LIBDEFLATE_VERSION_MINOR	1
-#define LIBDEFLATE_VERSION_STRING	"1.1"
+#define LIBDEFLATE_VERSION_MINOR	2
+#define LIBDEFLATE_VERSION_STRING	"1.2"
 
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>