diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
index c99dc29af..5d50cbe1c 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## Next release
 
+## 0.12.1
+
 * Fix bug: handling additional `responses` in `APIRouter.include_router()`. PR <a href="https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/140" target="_blank">#140</a>.
 
 * Fix typo in SQL tutorial. PR <a href="https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/138" target="_blank">#138</a> by <a href="https://github.com/mostaphaRoudsari" target="_blank">@mostaphaRoudsari</a>.
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index c9387f0e0..5a4c9b971 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.12.0"
+__version__ = "0.12.1"
 
 from starlette.background import BackgroundTasks