diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8bbb0d32dd..0ab251e632 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def readfile(fname):
 
 setup(
     name='gensim',
-    version='0.12.1rc1',
+    version='0.12.1',
     description='Python framework for fast Vector Space Modelling',
     long_description=readfile('README.rst'),