diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/CHANGELOG.md
index 198b24574829..9ba2fa6b5ec1 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### [1.2.1](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-connection/compare/v1.2.0...v1.2.1) (2021-07-20)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** pin 'google-{api,cloud}-core', 'google-auth' to allow 2.x versions ([#97](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-connection/issues/97)) ([11e1214](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-connection/commit/11e12147753b04f68811ec9144d59c0fc8b15530))
+
 ## [1.2.0](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-connection/compare/v1.1.1...v1.2.0) (2021-07-13)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/setup.py b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/setup.py
index cf22f7b0fd0d..2d14de7f04fc 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/setup.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/setup.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import os
 import setuptools  # type: ignore
 
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.2.1"
 
 package_root = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))