diff --git a/doc/source/changelog.rst b/doc/source/changelog.rst
index 14b7583..abb4bef 100644
--- a/doc/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/source/changelog.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ========= ========== ========================================================
 Version   Date       Changes
 ========= ========== ========================================================
-                     * Introduce class mappings (see :doc:`operations`)
+1.2       2013.12.10 * Introduce class mappings (see :doc:`operations`)
                        (closes: #5)
                      * Fix parameter interpolation across merged lists
                        (closes: #13).
diff --git a/reclass/version.py b/reclass/version.py
index 75a35d0..3539601 100644
--- a/reclass/version.py
+++ b/reclass/version.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #
 RECLASS_NAME = 'reclass'
 DESCRIPTION = 'merge data by recursive descent down an ancestry hierarchy'
-VERSION = '1.1'
+VERSION = '1.2'
 AUTHOR = 'martin f. krafft'
 AUTHOR_EMAIL = 'reclass@pobox.madduck.net'
 COPYRIGHT = 'Copyright © 2007–13 ' + AUTHOR