diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index cd765e9f..1528375b 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: rsconnect
 Title: Deploy Docs, Apps, and APIs to 'Posit Connect', 'shinyapps.io', and 'RPubs'
-Version: 1.2.0.9000
+Version: 1.2.1
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Aron", "Atkins", , "aron@posit.co", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Toph", "Allen", role = "aut"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index ce842983..e4332d5f 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# rsconnect (development version)
+# rsconnect 1.2.1
 
 * Restore the `LC_TIME` locale after computing an RFC-2616 date. (#1035)
 * Address a problem inspecting Quarto content when the file names and paths