diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dda71868..c4d01319 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 
+Version 0.1.2 - November 26, 2010
+
+- many small cleanups and micro-optimizations
+- build win32 exe using mingw
+- RPC URL, username/password become command line arguments
+- remove unused OpenSSL dependency
+
 Version 0.1.1 - November 24, 2010
 
 - Do not build sha256_generic module separately from cpuminer.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2543ae30..8f6ecc76 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-AC_INIT([cpuminer], [0.1.1])
+
+AC_INIT([cpuminer], [0.1.2])
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.52)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([cpu-miner.c])