diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 7b9cc9aa..9d3862b7 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.1.0
+current_version = 1.2.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 6c776cc5..b9104336 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+1.2.0 / 2024-04-11
+------------------
+* Specify lxml version (#185)
+* Avoid duplicate code in downchunking (#180)
+* Exclude PMT AP photons from raw_area_truth calculation (#176)
+* Optional random seed as user input (#179)
+* pre-commit autoupdate (#186)
+* Automatic Plugin Documentation (#187)
+* Embellish some codes (#188)
+* Separate above- and below-gate drift of electrons (#178)
+* Add photoionization plugins (#52)
+
 1.1.0 / 2024-03-20
 ------------------
 * Cleanup and refactor configurations (#163)
diff --git a/fuse/__init__.py b/fuse/__init__.py
index ed687921..9d5d0d59 100644
--- a/fuse/__init__.py
+++ b/fuse/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "1.1.0"
+__version__ = "1.2.0"
 
 from . import plugins
 from .plugins import *
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6f8329bc..39208728 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [tool]
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "xenon-fuse"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.2.0"
 description = "XENON Framework for Unified Simulations of Events"
 authors = [
   "Henning Schulze Eißing, <h_schu55@uni-muenster.de>",