diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index a3a9dbf3..263a9572 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '1.2.0a1'
+version = '1.2.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '1.2.0a1'
+release = '1.2.0'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/docs/news.rst b/docs/news.rst
index 4fa9b886..b219eb74 100644
--- a/docs/news.rst
+++ b/docs/news.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Release notes
 =============
 
-1.2.0 — Unreleased
+1.2.0 — 2017-04-12
 ------------------
 
 The highlight of this release is the long-awaited Python 3 support.
diff --git a/scrapyd/VERSION b/scrapyd/VERSION
index 4597d21a..26aaba0e 100644
--- a/scrapyd/VERSION
+++ b/scrapyd/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.2.0a1
+1.2.0