diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 75e2436b8..138e7aef1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-1.2-yyyymmdd (1.2.0)
+1.2-20100125 (1.2.0)
 --------------------
 - improved handling of popup windows when closing the parent window
 - major refresh of CSS
diff --git a/Version b/Version
index 7a2ea62cc..557a1fae4 100644
--- a/Version
+++ b/Version
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 # of the executable.
 
 MAJOR_VERSION=1
-MINOR_VERSION=1
+MINOR_VERSION=2