diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index 0f45ecb02..e113e1c4c 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@
 import sys
 from os import path
 
-__version__  = '1.2b3'
-__released__ = '1.2b3'  # used when Sphinx builds its own docs
+__version__  = '1.2'
+__released__ = '1.2'  # used when Sphinx builds its own docs
 # version info for better programmatic use
 # possible values for 3rd element: 'alpha', 'beta', 'rc', 'final'
-version_info = (1, 2, 0, 'beta', 3)
+# 'final' has 0 as the last element
+version_info = (1, 2, 0, 'final', 0)
 
 package_dir = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))