diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 85663c1e..d9347733 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "sortinghat"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.2.0-rc.1"
 description = "A tool to manage identities."
 authors = [
     "GrimoireLab Developers"
diff --git a/releases/1.2.0-rc.1.md b/releases/1.2.0-rc.1.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f04e2c17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/1.2.0-rc.1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+## sortinghat 1.2.0-rc.1 - (2024-08-09)
+
+**New features:**
+
+ * Improve loading and error indicators (#866)\
+   Added error and loading messages to improve the user experience when
+   the data takes time to load.
+
+**Bug fixes:**
+
+ * Job results in SortingHat\
+   Fixed a bug that caused jobs to be missing in SortingHat. Job results
+   will be kept in SortingHat for one week.
+
diff --git a/releases/unreleased/add-missing-loading-and-error-indicators.yml b/releases/unreleased/processed/add-missing-loading-and-error-indicators.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from releases/unreleased/add-missing-loading-and-error-indicators.yml
rename to releases/unreleased/processed/add-missing-loading-and-error-indicators.yml
diff --git a/releases/unreleased/job-results-in-sortinghat.yml b/releases/unreleased/processed/job-results-in-sortinghat.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from releases/unreleased/job-results-in-sortinghat.yml
rename to releases/unreleased/processed/job-results-in-sortinghat.yml
diff --git a/sortinghat/_version.py b/sortinghat/_version.py
index ed7272ca..a85887c3 100644
--- a/sortinghat/_version.py
+++ b/sortinghat/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# File auto-generated by semverup on 2024-08-02 11:08:02.638402
-__version__ = "1.1.0"
+# File auto-generated by semverup on 2024-08-09 08:34:46.162764
+__version__ = "1.2.0-rc.1"