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 ## 1.2.1
 
-ClamAV 1.2.1 is a critical patch release with the following fixes:
+ClamAV 1.2.1 is a patch release with the following fixes:
+
+- Eliminate security warning about unused "atty" dependency.
+  - GitHub pull request: https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/pull/1033
+
+- Upgrade the bundled UnRAR library (libclamunrar) to version 6.2.12.
+  - GitHub pull request: https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/pull/1056
+
+- Build system: Fix link error with Clang/LLVM/LLD version 17.
+  Patch courtesy of Yasuhiro Kimura.
+  - GitHub pull request: https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/pull/1060
+
+- Fix alert-exceeds-max feature for files > 2GB and < max-filesize.
+  - GitHub pull request: https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/pull/1039
 
 Special thanks to the following people for code contributions and bug reports:
+- Yasuhiro Kimura
 
 ## 1.2.0