diff --git a/doc/src/conf.py b/doc/src/conf.py
index fa19ec44..6f390838 100644
--- a/doc/src/conf.py
+++ b/doc/src/conf.py
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.12'
+version = '0.12.1'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.12'
+release = '0.12.1'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9c70e057..027555c2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 # intentionally leaving out mpi4py to help readthedocs
 setup(
     name='mpi-sppy',
-    version='0.12',
+    version='0.12.1',
     description="mpi-sppy",
     long_description=long_description,
     url='https://github.com/Pyomo/mpi-sppy',