diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6299473..567843a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## 1.2.1 - 2023-08-03
+### Fixed
+- Security fix for cve vulnerabilities
+- Minor fixes for error logging and slf4j logging
+- improved test coverage for custom tokenizers
+
 ## 1.2.0 - 2021-10-18
 ### Added
 - Support for Java 11
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 520fb50..571826c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ The library is published to maven central
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.intuit.fuzzymatcher</groupId>
     <artifactId>fuzzy-matcher</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.0</version>
+    <version>1.2.1</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 (Note: This requires java 11. For java 8 use version 1.1.x)