diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 960f681..500df27 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+### [1.2.1](https://github.com/jtheoof/swappy/compare/v1.2.0...v1.2.1) (2020-07-11)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **text:** properly handle utf-8 chars ([717ab0c](https://github.com/jtheoof/swappy/commit/717ab0c2d1757e10bb4eef17d35ccd6a991705c4)), closes [#43](https://github.com/jtheoof/swappy/issues/43)
+
 ## [1.2.0](https://github.com/jtheoof/swappy/compare/v1.1.0...v1.2.0) (2020-07-05)
 
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0ccdc8c..f78d93a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
 	'swappy',
 	'c',
-	version: '1.2.0',
+	version: '1.2.1',
 	license: 'MIT',
 	meson_version: '>=0.48.0',
 	default_options: [