diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 48d9924..dbf53c8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# 0.12.1 - 2019-01-15
+
+* Minor bug fixes
+* Fixed `cc` crate version to maintain minimum compiler version without breakage
+* Removed `libc` dependency as it our uses have been subsumed into stdlib
+
 # 0.12.0 - 2018-12-03
 
 * **Overhaul API to remove context object when no precomputation is needed**
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 64099de..0dbd1ec 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 
 name = "secp256k1"
-version = "0.12.0"
+version = "0.12.1"
 authors = [ "Dawid Ciężarkiewicz <dpc@ucore.info>",
             "Andrew Poelstra <apoelstra@wpsoftware.net>" ]
 license = "CC0-1.0"