diff --git a/music21/_version.py b/music21/_version.py
index 2293e7152c..07473a7e1d 100644
--- a/music21/_version.py
+++ b/music21/_version.py
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@
 Changing this number invalidates old pickles -- do it if the old pickles create a problem.
 '''
 
-__version_info__ = (2, 2, 1)
+__version_info__ = (2, 1, 2)
 __version__ = '.'.join(str(x) for x in __version_info__)
 
diff --git a/music21/base.py b/music21/base.py
index 58a4344012..e7f5ece82f 100644
--- a/music21/base.py
+++ b/music21/base.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 <class 'music21.base.Music21Object'>
 
 >>> music21.VERSION_STR
-'2.2.1'
+'2.1.2'
 
 Alternatively, after doing a complete import, these classes are available
 under the module "base":