diff --git a/REFERENCE.md b/REFERENCE.md
index ccadd3e8..08da5702 100644
--- a/REFERENCE.md
+++ b/REFERENCE.md
@@ -7197,7 +7197,7 @@ Data type: `String[1]`
 
 The binary release version
 
-Default value: `'0.9.0'`
+Default value: `'1.2.0'`
 
 ##### <a name="-prometheus--nginx_prometheus_exporter--proxy_server"></a>`proxy_server`
 
diff --git a/manifests/nginx_prometheus_exporter.pp b/manifests/nginx_prometheus_exporter.pp
index 22339f5f..98e4e6d5 100644
--- a/manifests/nginx_prometheus_exporter.pp
+++ b/manifests/nginx_prometheus_exporter.pp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
   String[1] $package_name                                    = 'nginx-prometheus-exporter',
   String[1] $user                                            = 'nginx-prometheus-exporter',
   # renovate: depName=nginxinc/nginx-prometheus-exporter
-  String[1] $version                                         = '0.9.0',
+  String[1] $version                                         = '1.2.0',
   Boolean $purge_config_dir                                  = true,
   Boolean $restart_on_change                                 = true,
   Boolean $service_enable                                    = true,