bump version to 1.2.0
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9cfeab6..56509e1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 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).
 
-## Unreleased
+## [1.2.0] - 2023-09-14
 ### Added
 - SDAP-477: Added preprocessor to properly shape incoming data
 - SDAP-478: Add support to user to select subgroup of interest in input granules
diff --git a/README b/README
index d306b8f..ca6a1f7 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Apache SDAP release 1.1.0
+Apache SDAP release 1.2.0
 
 This is a source distribution of Apache SDAP - Ingester.
 
diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 1cc5f65..867e524 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.1.0
\ No newline at end of file
+1.2.0
\ No newline at end of file