diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f3842700..ffdb6fc8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
com.fasterxml.jackson
jackson-base
- 2.12.1-SNAPSHOT
+ 2.12.1
com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat
jackson-dataformats-text
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index 616640c7..a6d72017 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ Modules:
=== Releases ===
------------------------------------------------------------------------
+2.12.1 (08-Jan-2021)
+
+No changes since 2.12.0
+
2.12.0 (29-Nov-2020)
#71: (yaml) Hex number as an entry of an Object causing problem(s) with binding to POJO