diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index a2eb2e1..b972290 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ Known issues:
   bug](https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-gyp/issues/65).
 
 
+## bunyan 1.2.2 (not yet released)
+
+(nothing yet)
+
+
 ## bunyan 1.2.1
 
 - [issue #178, #181] Get at least dtrace-provider 0.3.1 for
diff --git a/bin/bunyan b/bin/bunyan
index 0049889..1350dfd 100755
--- a/bin/bunyan
+++ b/bin/bunyan
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  * vim: expandtab:ts=4:sw=4
  */
 
-var VERSION = '1.2.1';
+var VERSION = '1.2.2';
 
 var p = console.log;
 var util = require('util');
diff --git a/lib/bunyan.js b/lib/bunyan.js
index 091bba6..d60ca1d 100644
--- a/lib/bunyan.js
+++ b/lib/bunyan.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * vim: expandtab:ts=4:sw=4
  */
 
-var VERSION = '1.2.1';
+var VERSION = '1.2.2';
 
 // Bunyan log format version. This becomes the 'v' field on all log records.
 // `0` is until I release a version '1.0.0' of node-bunyan. Thereafter,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index edf3a1f..31e837a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "bunyan",
-  "version": "1.2.1",
+  "version": "1.2.2",
   "description": "a JSON logging library for node.js services",
   "author": "Trent Mick <trentm@gmail.com> (http://trentm.com)",
   "main": "./lib/bunyan.js",