diff --git a/numexpr/version.py b/numexpr/version.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/numexpr/version.py
+++ b/numexpr/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 version='1.2'
-release=False
+release=True
 
 if not release:
     version += '.dev'
Start the packaging phase for <I>.