diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 45ffd4f8f6534604e7d1c59aab76af661c3fdea3..e9a3729a8800acea3949031c55170c02d0570485 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+Changes for 1.2.0 'Arctic Peregrine Falcon':
+-------------------------------------------
+
+1.2.0 is a small release of dav1d, adding more SIMD and fixes
+
+- Improvements on attachments of props and T.35 entries on output pictures
+- NEON z1/z3 high bit-depth optimizations and improvements for 8bpc
+- SSSE3 z2/z3 8bpc and SSSE3 z1/z3 high bit-depth optimziations
+- refmvs.save_tmvs optimizations in SSSE3/AVX2/AVX-512
+- AVX-512 optimizations for high bit-depth itx (16x64, 32x64, 64x16, 64x32, 64x64)
+- AVX2 optimizations for 12bpc for 16x32, 32x16, 32x32 itx
+
+
 Changes for 1.1.0 'Arctic Peregrine Falcon':
 -------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index bc696599bbd8cf86d1984305e6877791727711bd..2e2974d67b1d414a42814c49ed2e9ccab4639f88 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 project('dav1d', ['c'],
-    version: '1.1.0',
+    version: '1.2.0',
     default_options: ['c_std=c99',
                       'warning_level=2',
                       'buildtype=release',