diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3f72905..dd2bf82 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased] - ReleaseDate
 
+## [1.2.0] - 2024-03-21
+
 ### Added
 
 - publishing to [crates.io](https://crates.io)
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a394beb..d1551a7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "serde_sjson"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.2.0"
 authors = ["Lucas Schwiderski"]
 categories = ["encoding", "parser-implementations"]
 description = "An SJSON serialization file format"