diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 0a0e5fc..3ec5b2c 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Description: Client for 'jq', a 'JSON' processor (<https://stedolan.github.io/jq
     written in C. 'jq' allows the following with 'JSON' data: index into, parse, 
     do calculations, cut up and filter, change key names and values, perform 
     conditionals and comparisons, and more.
-Version: 1.2.1
+Version: 1.2.2
 Depends:
     R (>= 3.1.2)
 License: MIT + file LICENSE
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 5179307..69bcc80 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+jqr 1.2.2
+=========
+
+* fix a failing test
+
 jqr 1.2.1
 =========