prepare for 1.2.0 release1.2.0

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index e09c4a9..710cec1 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ Version history
 .. py:currentmodule:: happybase
 
 
+HappyBase 1.2.0
+---------------
+
+Release date: 2019-05-14
+
+* Switch from ``thriftpy`` to its successor ``thriftpy2``,
+  which supports Python 3.7.
+  (`issue #221 <https://github.com/wbolster/happybase/issues/221>`_,
+  `pr 222 <https://github.com/wbolster/happybase/pull/222>`_,
+
+
 HappyBase 1.1.0
 ---------------
 
diff --git a/happybase/_version.py b/happybase/_version.py
index 6f28812..dfc4309 100644
--- a/happybase/_version.py
+++ b/happybase/_version.py
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ This module defines the package version for use in __init__.py and
 setup.py.
 """
 
-__version__ = '1.1.0'
+__version__ = '1.2.0'