diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 6fd1f778..97a59efb 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
-version 1.2.1 (not yet released)
+version 1.2.2
+-------------
+
+Changes
+
+    - Updates for numpy version 2 (Eli Rykoff, ESS)
+    - setup.py: rename env variable BZIP2 to FITSIO_BZIP2_DIR (Maximillian Bensch)
+    - Add support for LoongArch (liuxiang)
+
+version 1.2.1
 -------------
 
 Changes
diff --git a/fitsio/__init__.py b/fitsio/__init__.py
index e8acf9cc..956510d0 100644
--- a/fitsio/__init__.py
+++ b/fitsio/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 usage.
 """
 
-__version__ = '1.2.1'
+__version__ = '1.2.2'
 
 from . import fitslib
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 63d85f39..e1cce1ba 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ def check_system_cfitsio_objects(self, obj_name):
 
 setup(
     name="fitsio",
-    version="1.2.1",
+    version="1.2.2",
     description=description,
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown; charset=UTF-8; variant=GFM',