diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ea692bf7d..e4da75c3b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <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.dataformat</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformats-binary</artifactId>
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index 94dd61a87..a61670d94 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Project: jackson-datatypes-binaryModules:
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-2.12.1 (not yet released)
+2.12.1 (08-Jan-2021)
 
 #232: (ion) Allow disabling native type ids in IonMapper
  (contributed by Josh B)