diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: dtplyr
 Title: Data Table Back-End for 'dplyr'
-Version: 1.1.0.9000
+Version: 1.2.0
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Hadley",
              family = "Wickham",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# dtplyr (development version)
+# dtplyr 1.2.0
 
 ## New authors