diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 7aab7a87e..c528b1efe 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -76,6 +76,6 @@ authors:
     family-names: Smith
 repository-code: 'https://github.com/MPAS-Dev/MPAS-Tools'
 url: 'https://mpas-dev.github.io/MPAS-Tools/master/'
-version: 1.2.0
-date-released: '2025-06-06'
+version: 1.2.1
+date-released: '2025-06-12'
 
diff --git a/conda_package/mpas_tools/__init__.py b/conda_package/mpas_tools/__init__.py
index 8951a5949..da1096ad1 100644
--- a/conda_package/mpas_tools/__init__.py
+++ b/conda_package/mpas_tools/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version_info__ = (1, 2, 0)
+__version_info__ = (1, 2, 1)
 __version__ = '.'.join(str(vi) for vi in __version_info__)
diff --git a/conda_package/recipe/meta.yaml b/conda_package/recipe/meta.yaml
index 2667aede9..fc1c76960 100644
--- a/conda_package/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda_package/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% set name = "mpas_tools" %}
-{% set version = "1.2.0" %}
+{% set version = "1.2.1" %}
 
 package:
   name: {{ name|lower }}