diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index beab4a0..1750e46 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ Changelog
 =========
 
 
-(unreleased)
-------------
+1.2.0 (2024-10-10)
+------------------
+- Release: version 1.2.0 🚀 [jkobject]
 - Debug. [jkobject]
 - Merge pull request #7 from mossjacob/main. [Jérémie Kalfon]
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 22e44ab..f485d55 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "scdataloader"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.2.1"
 description = "a dataloader for single cell data in lamindb"
 authors = [
     {name = "jkobject", email = "jkobject@gmail.com"}
diff --git a/scdataloader/VERSION b/scdataloader/VERSION
index 26aaba0..6085e94 100644
--- a/scdataloader/VERSION
+++ b/scdataloader/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.2.0
+1.2.1