diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yaml b/.github/workflows/docker.yaml
index d5829e200..62d358c63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yaml
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       # Ask if docker deployment needed when manually triggered
-      deploy:      
+      deploy:
         description: 'Deploy Docker Image (y/n)?'
         required: true
         default: 'n'
   push:
     tags:
-      - '*.*.*'    
+      - '*.*.*'
 env:
-  NEEDS_VERSION: 1.1.1
+  NEEDS_VERSION: 1.2.0
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ jobs:
         - base-image: "sphinxdoc/sphinx:latest"
           image: "sphinxneeds-latexpdf"
         - base-image: "sphinxdoc/sphinx-latexpdf:latest"
-          image: "sphinxneeds"       
-    name: "Image: ${{ matrix.image }} | Baseimage: ${{ matrix.base-image }}"    
+          image: "sphinxneeds"
+    name: "Image: ${{ matrix.image }} | Baseimage: ${{ matrix.base-image }}"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
             latest=true
           tags: |
             type=pep440,pattern={{version}}
-      - 
+      -
         # Check if deployment is needed (if no manual trigger was done, defaults to 'y')
         name: Check if deployment is needed
         id: deploycheck
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/login-action@v1
         with:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}          
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
       -
         name: Build and push html image to Doker Hub Docker Registry 🐳
         id: docker_build
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' && steps.deploycheck.outputs.value == 'y' }}
           file: docker/Dockerfile
-          build-args: |            
+          build-args: |
             NEEDS_VERSION=${{ env.NEEDS_VERSION }}
-            BASE_IMAGE=${{ matrix.base-image }}                 
+            BASE_IMAGE=${{ matrix.base-image }}
           tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
-          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}}          
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}}
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 872d4a7a0..b62afba10 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -8,10 +8,16 @@ License
 
 .. include:: ../LICENSE
 
-1.2.0
+1.3.0
 -----
 Released: under development
 
+1.2.0
+-----
+Released: 24.01.2023
+
+* Bugfix: Allowing newer versions of jsonschema.
+  (`#848 <https://github.com/useblocks/sphinx-needs/pull/848>`_)
 * Improvement: Adds :ref:`list2need` directive, which allows to create simple needs from list.
   (`#854 <https://github.com/useblocks/sphinx-needs/issues/854>`_)
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index d9f6c17d4..d5ccf930b 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = "1.1"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "1.1.1"
+release = "1.2.0"
 
 on_rtd = os.environ.get("READTHEDOCS") == "True"
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b724ce949..4d1409665 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "sphinx-needs"
 
 # !! Don't miss updates in needs.py, conf.py, changelog.rst, and .github/workflows/docker !!!
-version = "1.1.1"
+version = "1.2.0"
 
 description = "Sphinx needs extension for managing needs/requirements and specifications"
 authors = ["team useblocks <info@useblocks.com>"]
diff --git a/sphinx_needs/needs.py b/sphinx_needs/needs.py
index 56e4b1699..57a924c4e 100644
--- a/sphinx_needs/needs.py
+++ b/sphinx_needs/needs.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 from sphinx_needs.utils import INTERNALS, NEEDS_FUNCTIONS, node_match
 from sphinx_needs.warnings import process_warnings
 
-VERSION = "1.1.1"
+VERSION = "1.2.0"
 NEEDS_FUNCTIONS.clear()