diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 0438f9b3..f8c42316 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@ Release Notes
 =============
 
 
+Version 1.2.1 (Released on 2023-02-09)
+--------------------------------------
+
+Bug fixes
+---------
+* fixed bug in exporting data for parangonada https://sildater.github.io/parangonada/
+* fixed bug in rendering via musescore
+* fixed bug in loading via musescore
+
+
 Version 1.2.0 (Released on 2022-12-01)
 --------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3ba709e6..730335a0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 EMAIL = "partitura-users@googlegroups.com"
 AUTHOR = "Maarten Grachten, Carlos Cancino-Chacón, Silvan Peter, Emmanouil Karystinaios, Francesco Foscarin, Thassilo Gadermaier"
 REQUIRES_PYTHON = ">=3.6"
-VERSION = "1.2.0"
+VERSION = "1.2.1"
 
 # What packages are required for this module to be executed?
 REQUIRED = ["numpy", "scipy", "lxml", "lark-parser", "xmlschema", "mido"]