diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 91180fcd1..8da09f47f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-rust-driver"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
 name = "mongodb"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.2.1"
 
 exclude = [
     "etc/**",
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 246a4ff4d..1232ddebf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ issue. For more information, see https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/75992.
 The driver is available on [crates.io](https://crates.io/crates/mongodb). To use the driver in your application, simply add it to your project's `Cargo.toml`.
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-mongodb = "1.2.0"
+mongodb = "1.2.1"
 ```
 
 #### Configuring the async runtime
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ The driver supports both of the most popular async runtime crates, namely [`toki
 For example, to instruct the driver to work with [`async-std`](https://crates.io/crates/async-std), add the following to your `Cargo.toml`:
 ```toml
 [dependencies.mongodb]
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.2.1"
 default-features = false
 features = ["async-std-runtime"]
 ```
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ features = ["async-std-runtime"]
 The driver also provides a blocking sync API. To enable this, add the `"sync"` feature to your `Cargo.toml`:
 ```toml
 [dependencies.mongodb]
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.2.1"
 default-features = false
 features = ["sync"]
 ```