diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c5dd86e..f76f9a9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2020-01-24  Johnathan Wong <jowong@bcgsc.ca>
+
+	* Release version 1.2.0
+	* Added support for RNA sequences
+	* Added support for gap seeds (spaced seeds which have all the wildcards in the middle)
+
 2017-01-11  Hamid Mohamadi <hmohamadi@bcgsc.ca>
 
 	* Release version 1.0.0
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5e2ade3..4de5fd5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.62)
-AC_INIT(NTCARD, 1.1.0, hmohamadi@bcgsc.ca, ntcard,
+AC_INIT(NTCARD, 1.2.0, hmohamadi@bcgsc.ca, ntcard,
 		https://github.com/bcgsc/ntCard)
 # add 'foreign' to allow README.md instead of README
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects])