diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ba082598ba3d0677b7298bd175b40f79b973c817..30f82ac0e44d18f07aa893b7eba34ee1be448892 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## UNRELEASED
+## [1.2.2] - 2023-02-12
 
 ### Added
 
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - [restic] restic handler doesn't initialize test variable (#11328)
 - [sys] remove old LUKS header backup file prior to regenerating (#11333)
 - [sys] don't cancel partition backup if hwinfo absent (#11333)
+- [tests] fixes and improvements
 
 ## [1.2.1] - 2021-01-25
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0bb4d8091c1b18977fc97f45b53901089aa543c0..02ffad8f80c78ee716dc7c744ed3ca4aab92097b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # The maintainer mode is causing me grief with newest versions of autotools
 #AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
-AC_INIT([backupninja],[1.2.1],[backupninja@lists.riseup.net])
+AC_INIT([backupninja],[1.2.2],[backupninja@lists.riseup.net])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/backupninja.in])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])