diff --git a/CMake/PISM_CMake_macros.cmake b/CMake/PISM_CMake_macros.cmake
index e7669a46b0..47b2a0bc25 100644
--- a/CMake/PISM_CMake_macros.cmake
+++ b/CMake/PISM_CMake_macros.cmake
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ macro(pism_set_revision_tag)
 
   # Otherwise...
   if (NOT Pism_VERSION)
-    set (Pism_VERSION "no-version-control")
+    set (Pism_VERSION "v1.2.1")
   endif (NOT Pism_VERSION)
 
   set (Pism_REVISION_TAG "${Pism_BRANCH} ${Pism_VERSION}")
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/conf.py b/doc/sphinx/conf.py
index 53f97cb41c..6677a69ce7 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/conf.py
+++ b/doc/sphinx/conf.py
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ def git(command):
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '1.2'
+version = '1.2.1'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '1.2'
+release = '1.2.1'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx.
 language = None