diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 4793893..d8bec7e 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 # HISTORY
 
-## [Unreleased changes](http://github.com/ms-ati/docile/compare/v1.1.5...master)
+## [Unreleased changes](http://github.com/ms-ati/docile/compare/v1.2.0...master)
 
+## [v1.2.0 (Jan 11, 2018)](http://github.com/ms-ati/docile/compare/v1.1.5...v1.2.0)
+
+  - Special thanks to Christina Koller (@cmkoller)
+    - add DSL evaluation returning *return value of the block* (see `.dsl_eval_with_block_return`)
   - add an example to README
   - keep travis builds passing on old ruby versions
 
diff --git a/lib/docile/version.rb b/lib/docile/version.rb
index 9614b34..55e5ca3 100644
--- a/lib/docile/version.rb
+++ b/lib/docile/version.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 module Docile
   # The current version of this library
-  VERSION = '1.1.5'
+  VERSION = '1.2.0'
 end