diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5f6a3010..d59f9414 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.datatype</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate-parent</artifactId>
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index c6e0c0c1..e1942698 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Project: jackson-datatype-hibernate
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+2.12.1 (08-Jan-2021)
+
+No changes since 2.12.0
+
 2.12.0 (29-Nov-2020)
 
 #136: Add feature `WRAP_IDENTIFIER_IN_OBJECT` to allow disabling of wrapping