diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index 99e46e5b..63506f4a 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1694,7 +1694,7 @@
         },
         "refinegems": {
             "path": ".",
-            "version": "==1.2.0"
+            "version": "==1.2.1"
         },
         "requests": {
             "hashes": [
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 017aee60..5d2645f3 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 author = 'Famke Bäuerle and Gwendolyn O. Gusak'
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '1.2.0'
+release = '1.2.1'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cbfeae87..efb16e3a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     readme = readme_file.read()
 
 setup(name='refineGEMs',
-      version='1.2.0',
+      version='1.2.1',
       description='refineGEMs: a python package intended to help with the curation of genome-scale metabolic models (GEMS)',
       long_description=readme,
       long_description_content_type='text/markdown',