diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7448a17..8c5796f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 APPNAME = "utils"
-VERSION = "1.1.6"
+VERSION = "1.2.0"
 
 .PHONY: 		watch default docs deploy test test-clj sig jar pom clean tag
 
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index a1da346..05e97b9 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # History of random:utils releases
 
+## 1.2.0 (2022-04-20)
+
+- Numeric ID keys support in generic database getters and setters
+- Database builders and converters greatly simplified (removed some of the predefined options)
+- More verbose error reporting during de-serialization
+- Added `io.randomseed.utils.db.types` with opinionated database readers and writers
+- Improved `some-str-*` functions, added filtering out empty strings in `some-str-spc`
+- Added string processing functions:
+  `to-lisp-str`, `to-snake-str`, `to-lisp-simple-str`, `to-snake-simple-str`
+  `replace-first`, `to-lisp-str-replace-first`, `to-snake-str-replace-first`,
+  `to-lisp-slashed-str`, `to-snake-slashed-str`.
+
+
 ## 1.1.6 (2022-04-16)
 
 - Added some-symbol, some-symbol-up, some-symbol-simple, simple-symbol-up
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2e13ec5..8caf0ac 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ To use random:utils in your project, add the following to dependencies section o
 `project.clj` or `build.boot`:
 
 ```clojure
-[io.randomseed/utils "1.1.6"]
+[io.randomseed/utils "1.2.0"]
 ```
 
 For `deps.edn` add the following as an element of a map under `:deps` or
 `:extra-deps` key:
 
 ```clojure
-io.randomseed/utils {:mvn/version "1.1.6"}
+io.randomseed/utils {:mvn/version "1.2.0"}
 ```
 
 Additionally, if you want to utilize specs and generators provided by the random:utils
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4cff886..33b79aa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>io.randomseed</groupId>
   <artifactId>utils</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.1.6</version>
+  <version>1.2.0</version>
   <name>utils</name>
   <description>Random Utilities</description>
   <url>https://randomseed.io/software/utils/</url>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:git:git://github.org/randomseed-io/utils.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/randomseed-io/utils.git</developerConnection>
-    <tag>1.1.6</tag>
+    <tag>1.2.0</tag>
     <url>https://github.com/randomseed-io/utils/</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml.asc b/pom.xml.asc
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