diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 165906214d3b3f3466cd5934ad9bff943257d422..dc6dbbc8970b548bf340d39f383bba30d1784eaa 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script. -*-m4-*-
 
-AC_INIT([speex],[1.2rc2],[speex-dev@xiph.org])
+AC_INIT([speex],[1.2.0],[speex-dev@xiph.org])
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([libspeex/speex.c])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SPEEX_MICRO_VERSION=16
 SPEEX_EXTRA_VERSION=
 
 SPEEX_LT_CURRENT=6
-SPEEX_LT_REVISION=0
+SPEEX_LT_REVISION=1
 SPEEX_LT_AGE=5
 
 
diff --git a/libspeex/arch.h b/libspeex/arch.h
index b4187e9835528a97cd18f912377ad2ceb3f9d80d..291cab828ce3f3c06f1a23cad46cf725eb7e0657 100644
--- a/libspeex/arch.h
+++ b/libspeex/arch.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #define SPEEX_MINOR_VERSION 1         /**< Minor Speex version. */
 #define SPEEX_MICRO_VERSION 16        /**< Micro Speex version. */
 #define SPEEX_EXTRA_VERSION ""        /**< Extra Speex version. */
-#define SPEEX_VERSION "speex-1.2rc2"  /**< Speex version string. */
+#define SPEEX_VERSION "speex-1.2.0"   /**< Speex version string. */
 #endif
 
 /* A couple test to catch stupid option combinations */