diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index fe3b6a876..63f3b1d51 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
-1.2.7 (2021-09-06)
+1.2.7 (2021-09-07)
 ------------------
 
 - CRS objects are now compared to the EPSG authority using OSRFindMatches for
diff --git a/rasterio/__init__.py b/rasterio/__init__.py
index 93937661c..f5fb58062 100644
--- a/rasterio/__init__.py
+++ b/rasterio/__init__.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 import rasterio.path
 
 __all__ = ['band', 'open', 'pad', 'Env']
-__version__ = "1.2.7dev"
+__version__ = "1.2.7"
 __gdal_version__ = gdal_version()
 
 # Rasterio attaches NullHandler to the 'rasterio' logger and its