diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aeef7cca7..2ca4ce832 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+# v1.2.1 2018-09-25
+
+## Changes since last release
+
+* Fix solr persister to pass through exceptions on timeout
+  [hackmastera](https://github.com/hackmastera)
+* Fix generated specs to work with shared_specs expectation
+  [revgum](https://github.com/revgum)
+
 # v1.2.0 2018-08-29
 
 ## Changes since last release
diff --git a/lib/valkyrie/version.rb b/lib/valkyrie/version.rb
index ac9d7162e..07f7093ae 100644
--- a/lib/valkyrie/version.rb
+++ b/lib/valkyrie/version.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 module Valkyrie
-  VERSION = "1.2.0"
+  VERSION = "1.2.1"
 end