diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: httr
-Version: 1.2.0.9000
+Version: 1.2.1
 Title: Tools for Working with URLs and HTTP
 Description: Useful tools for working with HTTP organised by HTTP verbs
     (GET(), POST(), etc). Configuration functions make it easy to control
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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-# httr 1.2.0.9000
+# httr 1.2.1
 
 * Fix bug with new cache creation code: need to check that 
   cache isn't an empty file.
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
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-This is a minor update to the previous submission which fixes a problem with PUT requests hanging on windows.
+This is a minor update to the previous version which fixed a bug that only occurs in interactive code.
 
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