diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 46190814a..fbcc291fd 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+version 1.2.0
+-------------
+* Mostly compatibility bugfixes
+
 version 1.1.0 (git tag v1.1.0rel)
 --------------------------------
 * Updated packaged data to use GSHHG v2.3.6 (PR #311 & #320)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5afc9994f..93f3b84b2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def checkversion(GEOS_dir):
 
 install_requires = get_install_requirements("requirements.txt")
 
-__version__ = "1.1.0"
+__version__ = "1.2.0"
 setup(
   name              = "basemap",
   version           = __version__,