diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 2c01831ec..194bd3dd6 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -4,10 +4,17 @@ Changelog
 
 .. seealso:: :ref:`howto_upgrade`
 
+.. _release-1.2.1:
+
 |theme_version|
 ===============
 
-.. |theme_version| replace:: 1.2.1alpha1
+.. |theme_version| replace:: 1.2.1
+
+Fixes
+-----
+
+* Load jQuery correctly when using latest sphinxcontrib-jquery release (#1448)
 
 
 .. _release-1.2.0:
diff --git a/docs/contributing.rst b/docs/contributing.rst
index 950c971b2..41b91652c 100644
--- a/docs/contributing.rst
+++ b/docs/contributing.rst
@@ -251,8 +251,8 @@ To release a new version of the theme, core team will take the following steps:
    need to commit it to git and tag it together with your release.
 #. Commit these changes to a pull request.
 #. Merge the pull request after review.
-#. Check out ``master`` branch locally for tagging
-#. Tag the release in git: ``git tag $NEW_VERSION``.
+#. Check out ``master`` branch locally for tagging. **Remember to pull from remote**.
+#. Tag the release in git: ``git tag -s $NEW_VERSION``.
 #. Push the tag to GitHub: ``git push --tags origin``.
 #. Upload the package to PyPI:
 
diff --git a/docs/demo/api.rst b/docs/demo/api.rst
index ae23df75a..c077a0421 100644
--- a/docs/demo/api.rst
+++ b/docs/demo/api.rst
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ JavaScript API
 Generated Index
 ===============
 
-Part of the sphinx build process in generate and index file: :ref:`genindex`.
+Part of the sphinx build process is to generate an index file: :ref:`genindex`.
 
 
 Optional parameter args
diff --git a/docs/development.rst b/docs/development.rst
index c11cf159e..598e6ae47 100644
--- a/docs/development.rst
+++ b/docs/development.rst
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ version:
 
 .. code:: console
 
-    $ pip install "sphinx_rtd_theme<=2.0.0"
+    $ pip install "sphinx_rtd_theme<2.0.0"
 
 .. _semantic versioning: http://semver.org/
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dcb82c517..e8194b3b8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "sphinx_rtd_theme",
   "main": "js/theme.js",
-  "version": "1.2.1alpha1",
+  "version": "1.2.1",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "webpack-dev-server --open --config webpack.dev.js",
     "build": "webpack --config webpack.prod.js",
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b76d16f89..d24aa07fc 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.2.1alpha1
+current_version = 1.2.1
 commit = false
 tag = false
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)((?P<release>[a-z]+)(?P<dev>\d+))?
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1b74d3061..8eaba3aa3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def run(self):
 
 
 setup(
-    version='1.2.1alpha1',
+    version='1.2.1',
     cmdclass={
         'update_translations': UpdateTranslationsCommand,
         'transifex': TransifexCommand,
diff --git a/sphinx_rtd_theme/__init__.py b/sphinx_rtd_theme/__init__.py
index 687202418..8ac220a52 100644
--- a/sphinx_rtd_theme/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx_rtd_theme/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from sphinx.util.logging import getLogger
 
 
-__version__ = '1.2.1alpha1'
+__version__ = '1.2.1'
 __version_full__ = __version__
 
 logger = getLogger(__name__)
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ def setup(app):
         # enabled at most once.
         # See: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/extdev/appapi.html#sphinx.application.Sphinx.setup_extension
         app.setup_extension("sphinxcontrib.jquery")
+        # However, we need to call the extension's callback since setup_extension doesn't do it
+        # See: https://github.com/sphinx-contrib/jquery/issues/23
+        from sphinxcontrib.jquery import add_js_files as jquery_add_js_files
+        jquery_add_js_files(app, app.config)
 
     # Register the theme that can be referenced without adding a theme path
     app.add_html_theme('sphinx_rtd_theme', path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__)))