diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 2002-10-16  David Shaw  <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
 
-	* README: Some typo fixes from Florian Weimer.
+	* README: Some typo fixes from Florian Weimer, and bump version
+	number.
 
 2002-10-15  David Shaw  <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
 
diff --git a/README b/README
index a55aa8575..17666b0fb 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 		    GnuPG - The GNU Privacy Guard
 		   -------------------------------
-			    Version 1.2
+			   Version 1.2.1
 
     Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.