diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 14d7322ad38b120c030ff6e5a24d29feda902feb..3326d4235962a16af499e03c670a418d8291f9dd 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]
+## [1.2.0-rc1] - 2021-01-14
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3b873a3579990c265795302768cc95eda40c3527..58b728a259f1256d4de612e6af7bd127f06b808b 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],[1.1.0],[backupninja@lists.riseup.net])
+AC_INIT([backupninja],[1.2.0-rc1],[backupninja@lists.riseup.net])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/backupninja.in])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])