diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 316eed5..320df01 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ More information is available on the
 ### Prerequisites
 
  * Java 8 (>= 8) 
- * Scala 2.12 (>= 2.12)
+ * Scala 2.12.8 (>= 2.12.8)
 
 Installation requires a recent ScalaTion distribution (>= 1.3) from
 [here](http://cobweb.cs.uga.edu/~jam/scalation.html). Once you have
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index e59af5a..0f8550f 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Prerequisites
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 -  Java 8 (>= 8)
--  Scala 2.12 (>= 2.12)
+-  Scala 2.12.8 (>= 2.12.8)
 
 Installation requires a recent ScalaTion distribution (>= 1.3) from
 `here <http://cobweb.cs.uga.edu/~jam/scalation.html>`__. Once you have
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 08eb191..0fe8035 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='scalation_kernel',
-    version='1.2.0',
+    version='1.2.1',
     packages=['scalation_kernel'],
     description='ScalaTion kernel for Jupyter',
     long_description=readme,