bump version and changelog for the twelfth release
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 717c9e7..b8d460b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-1.2 - `master`_
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-.. note:: This version is not yet released and is under active development.
+1.2 - 2016-01-08
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 * **BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE:**
   :class:`~cryptography.x509.RevokedCertificate`
diff --git a/src/cryptography/__about__.py b/src/cryptography/__about__.py
index f25cbc8..62cd62d 100644
--- a/src/cryptography/__about__.py
+++ b/src/cryptography/__about__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
                " and primitives to Python developers.")
 __uri__ = "https://github.com/pyca/cryptography"
 
-__version__ = "1.2.dev1"
+__version__ = "1.2"
 
 __author__ = "The cryptography developers"
 __email__ = "cryptography-dev@python.org"
diff --git a/vectors/cryptography_vectors/__about__.py b/vectors/cryptography_vectors/__about__.py
index 11bd69f..ba8acf6 100644
--- a/vectors/cryptography_vectors/__about__.py
+++ b/vectors/cryptography_vectors/__about__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 __uri__ = "https://github.com/pyca/cryptography"
 
-__version__ = "1.2.dev1"
+__version__ = "1.2"
 
 __author__ = "The cryptography developers"
 __email__ = "cryptography-dev@python.org"