diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d667474887..cc78e3ba9d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.12.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.12.2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index fbd56a3bec..7b5904b01b 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ JSON library.
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+2.12.2 (03-Mar-2021)
 2.12.1 (08-Jan-2021)
 
 No changes since 2.12.0