diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5858aa0928..5f8e31c4d2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.12.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.12.1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index 247fae73b1..fbd56a3bec 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ JSON library.
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+2.12.1 (08-Jan-2021)
+
+No changes since 2.12.0
+
 2.12.0 (29-Nov-2020)
 
 #500: Allow "optional-padding" for `Base64Variant`