diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 8f1b0a6c6..ac90325ff 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Strawberry Music Player
 =======================
 ChangeLog
 
-Unreleased:
+Version 1.2.1-rc1 (2024.11.16):
 
 This release features major restructuring of the codebase, moving source files,
 rewriting CMake build files, dropping Qt 5 support, external tagreader,
diff --git a/cmake/Version.cmake b/cmake/Version.cmake
index 4e8d42f7f..ce09466b1 100644
--- a/cmake/Version.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Version.cmake
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 set(STRAWBERRY_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set(STRAWBERRY_VERSION_MINOR 2)
-set(STRAWBERRY_VERSION_PATCH 0)
-#set(STRAWBERRY_VERSION_PRERELEASE rc1)
+set(STRAWBERRY_VERSION_PATCH 1)
+set(STRAWBERRY_VERSION_PRERELEASE rc1)
 
-set(INCLUDE_GIT_REVISION ON)
+set(INCLUDE_GIT_REVISION OFF)
 
 set(majorminorpatch "${STRAWBERRY_VERSION_MAJOR}.${STRAWBERRY_VERSION_MINOR}.${STRAWBERRY_VERSION_PATCH}")