diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 60c0b01..b93bc12 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # PythonQwt Releases
 
+## Version 0.12.1
+
+- Fixed `ColorStops.stops` method (was returning a copy of the list of stops instead
+  of the list itself)
+
 ## Version 0.12.0
 
 - 30% performance improvement (measured by `qwt.tests.test_loadtest`) by optimizing
diff --git a/qwt/__init__.py b/qwt/__init__.py
index 3772c76..07289d9 100644
--- a/qwt/__init__.py
+++ b/qwt/__init__.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .. _GitHub: https://github.com/PlotPyStack/PythonQwt
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.12.0"
+__version__ = "0.12.1"
 QWT_VERSION_STR = "6.1.5"
 
 import warnings
diff --git a/qwt/color_map.py b/qwt/color_map.py
index 0b652e5..6debc8a 100644
--- a/qwt/color_map.py
+++ b/qwt/color_map.py
@@ -91,10 +91,7 @@ def insert(self, pos, color):
             self.__stops[index].updateSteps(self.__stops[index + 1])
 
     def stops(self):
-        if self.__stops:
-            return [stop for stop in self.__stops]
-        else:
-            return []
+        return self.__stops
 
     def findUpper(self, pos):
         index = 0