diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 7a75067..e25c7b4 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changes log for the Ruby CFF Library
 
+## 1.2.0
+
+* Always treat dates as Ruby Date objects.
+* BibTeX: escape special characters ($%&_#{}).
+
 ## 1.1.0
 
 * BibTeX: output months as three letter abbreviations.
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 2f328b5..cc0a40e 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This CITATION.cff file was created by ruby-cff (v 1.1.0).
+# This CITATION.cff file was created by ruby-cff (v 1.2.0).
 # Gem: https://rubygems.org/gems/cff
 # CFF: https://citation-file-format.github.io/
 
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ keywords:
 - metadata
 - citation file format
 - CFF
-version: 1.1.0
+version: 1.2.0
 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1184077
-date-released: 2023-04-10
+date-released: 2024-01-19
 license: Apache-2.0
 repository-artifact: https://rubygems.org/gems/cff
 repository-code: https://github.com/citation-file-format/ruby-cff
diff --git a/lib/cff/version.rb b/lib/cff/version.rb
index afc631a..591b1a3 100644
--- a/lib/cff/version.rb
+++ b/lib/cff/version.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ##
 module CFF
   # :nodoc:
-  VERSION = '1.1.0'
+  VERSION = '1.2.0'
   DEFAULT_SPEC_VERSION = '1.2.0'
   MIN_VALIDATABLE_VERSION = '1.2.0'
 end