diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index f7bbf45d..1f93c83d 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ class MockNESTModule(mock.Mock):
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.12.0'
+version = '0.12'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.12.0'
+release = '0.12.1'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/doc/installation.txt b/doc/installation.txt
index b3f5eac7..dffd7dd0 100644
--- a/doc/installation.txt
+++ b/doc/installation.txt
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@ The easiest way to get PyNN is to use pip_::
     $ pip install PyNN
 
 If you would prefer to install manually, :doc:`download the latest
-source distribution <download>`, then run the setup script, e.g.::
+source distribution <download>`, then run the setup script, e.g.:
 
-    $ tar xzf PyNN-0.12.0.tar.gz
-    $ pip install ./PyNN-0.12.0
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+    $ tar xzf PyNN-|release|.tar.gz
+    $ pip install ./PyNN-|release|
 
 This will install it to your Python :file:`site-packages` directory, and may
 require root privileges. We strongly recommend, however, that you use a
diff --git a/doc/introduction.txt b/doc/introduction.txt
index 1ef7539d..776be5ba 100644
--- a/doc/introduction.txt
+++ b/doc/introduction.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Even if you don't wish to run simulations on multiple simulators, you may benefi
 
 It is straightforward to port an existing model from a Python-supporting simulator to PyNN, since this can be done incrementally, replacing one piece of simulator-specific code at a time with the PyNN equivalent, and testing that the model behaviour is unchanged at each step.
 
-:doc:`Download<download>` the current stable release of the library (0.12.0) or get the development version from the `Git repository`_ .
+:doc:`Download<download>` the current stable release of the library (|release|) or get the development version from the `Git repository`_ .
 
 Licence
 -------
diff --git a/doc/release_notes.txt b/doc/release_notes.txt
index dffb9b93..63fdc186 100644
--- a/doc/release_notes.txt
+++ b/doc/release_notes.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Release notes
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
+   releases/0.12.1.txt
    releases/0.12.0.txt
    releases/0.11.0.txt
    releases/0.10.1.txt
diff --git a/doc/releases/0.12.1.txt b/doc/releases/0.12.1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a843a53f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/releases/0.12.1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+=========================
+PyNN 0.12.1 release notes
+=========================
+
+September 29th 2023
+
+This is a bug-fix release, due to a missing item in the list of dependencies for PyNN 0.12.0.
diff --git a/pyNN/__init__.py b/pyNN/__init__.py
index 98c01688..967cb8fb 100644
--- a/pyNN/__init__.py
+++ b/pyNN/__init__.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 :license: CeCILL, see LICENSE for details.
 """
 
-__version__ = '0.12.0'
+__version__ = '0.12.1'
 __all__ = ["common", "random", "nest", "neuron", "brian2",
            "recording", "errors", "space", "descriptions",
            "standardmodels", "parameters", "core", "morphology",
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 076f4e8c..faf67f08 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "PyNN"
-version = "0.12.0"
+version = "0.12.1"
 description = "A Python package for simulator-independent specification of neuronal network models"
 readme = "README.rst"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"