diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dbf373d5..068839d1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ target_version = [
 github_url = "https://github.com/jupyterhub/jupyter-remote-desktop-proxy"
 
 [tool.tbump.version]
-current = "1.2.1.dev"
+current = "1.2.1"
 regex = '''
     (?P<major>\d+)
     \.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 646bcb1b..273e2c13 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 setup(
     name="jupyter-remote-desktop-proxy",
     packages=find_packages(),
-    version='1.2.1.dev',
+    version='1.2.1',
     author="Jupyter Development Team",
     author_email="jupyter@googlegroups.com",
     classifiers=[