diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Version 1.2.0 2022-04-12
-	* Implement pyrodigal v.0.7.3 instead of using Prodigal_sm for gene prediction    
+Version 1.2.0 2022-05-09
+	* Use pyrodigal instead of Prodigal_sm for gene prediction
 	* Correct bug in the generation of README files in the output folder
 
 Version 1.1.0 2021-11-08
diff --git a/docs/whatsnew.md b/docs/whatsnew.md
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--- a/docs/whatsnew.md
+++ b/docs/whatsnew.md
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 ## Version 1.2.0
 
-Released April 12 2022
+*Released May 9 2022*
 
 - Adopt pyrodigal v.0.7.3 to predict genes
 - Implement a hybrid gene prediction system: training mode
-  for contigs>100kbp and use pre-trained models for contigs smaller
+  for contigs > 100kbp and use pre-trained models for smaller contigs
 
 ### Bugfixes
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 537967e9..5c693f23 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright (C) 2019-2021, MACREL Authors
+# Copyright (C) 2019-2022, MACREL Authors
 # vim: set ts=4 sts=4 sw=4 expandtab smartindent:
 #
 # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy