diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3f23d3f41..4f9bd2eff 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-v1.1.5
+v1.2.0
cli : changed : Multithreading enabled by default (use target zstd-nomt or HAVE_THREAD=0 to disable)
cli : new : command -T0 means "detect and use nb of cores", by Sean Purcell
cli : new : zstdmt symlink hardwired to `zstd -T0`
diff --git a/doc/zstd_manual.html b/doc/zstd_manual.html
index 73e200b4e..5bfd4e291 100644
--- a/doc/zstd_manual.html
+++ b/doc/zstd_manual.html
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-zstd 1.1.5 Manual
+zstd 1.2.0 Manual
-zstd 1.1.5 Manual
+zstd 1.2.0 Manual
Contents
diff --git a/lib/zstd.h b/lib/zstd.h
index a99e497fc..88ce6c693 100644
--- a/lib/zstd.h
+++ b/lib/zstd.h
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ extern "C" {
/*------ Version ------*/
#define ZSTD_VERSION_MAJOR 1
-#define ZSTD_VERSION_MINOR 1
-#define ZSTD_VERSION_RELEASE 5
+#define ZSTD_VERSION_MINOR 2
+#define ZSTD_VERSION_RELEASE 0
#define ZSTD_LIB_VERSION ZSTD_VERSION_MAJOR.ZSTD_VERSION_MINOR.ZSTD_VERSION_RELEASE
#define ZSTD_QUOTE(str) #str