diff --git a/src/dataregistry/_version.py b/src/dataregistry/_version.py
index c68196d..3158117 100644
--- a/src/dataregistry/_version.py
+++ b/src/dataregistry/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.2.0"
+__version__ = "1.2.1.rc1"