diff --git a/docs/NEWS b/docs/NEWS
index 45e2f79a..3356ba4d 100644
--- a/docs/NEWS
+++ b/docs/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Version 2.1.2 ()
+Version 2.1.2 (March 25, 2018))
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     * Exclude defunct netmirror spartacus repository
@@ -11,6 +11,17 @@ Version 2.1.2 ()
       serendipity_event_spamblock_surbl by adding Net/DNS2 1.4.3 as a
       bundled library to core and patching Net/DNSBL (#497)
 
+    * Fixed broken Akismet API calls (#507)
+
+    * Fixed comment preview for logged-in users (#503)
+
+    * Fixed message display after comment editing/deleting (#526)
+
+    * Don't show empty plugin groups in list (#496) and fix broken
+      plugin display in Firefox.
+
+    * Add template path as first entry to template_dirs (#524)
+
 Version 2.1.1 (April 9th, 2017)
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/serendipity_config.inc.php b/serendipity_config.inc.php
index 0a5a3bc0..e0523d78 100644
--- a/serendipity_config.inc.php
+++ b/serendipity_config.inc.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ if (defined('USE_MEMSNAP')) {
 }
 
 // The version string
-$serendipity['version'] = '2.1.2-beta1';
+$serendipity['version'] = '2.1.2';
 
 
 // Setting this to 'false' will enable debugging output. All alpha/beta/cvs snapshot versions will emit debug information by default. To increase the debug level (to enable Smarty debugging), set this flag to 'debug'.