diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 1a631931f..82ae33754 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-1.3 (unreleased)
-================
+1.2.1 (2022-01-12)
+==================
+
+- Get wraps decorator from functools instead of astropy (no functional change) [#283]
 
 
 1.2 (2021-12-17)
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 50f55e795..d2db75ed6 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ edit_on_github = False
 github_project = astropy/pyvo
 install_requires = astropy>=4.0 requests
 # version should be PEP440 compatible (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0440)
-version = 1.3.dev
+version = 1.2.1
 
 [coverage:run]
 omit =