diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 8239dc8..86a2c93 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Description: Suite of tools for data manipulation and calculations for Maryland
     DNR MBSS program.  Includes functions for calculating FIBI, BIBI (MBSS 
     genus), BIBI (MSW family), PHI, flow sums, ion contributions, and taxa 
     distribution maps.
-Version: 1.1.0.9056
+Version: 1.2.0
 Authors@R: c(
   person("Erik W.", "Leppo", email="Erik.Leppo@tetratech.com", role=c("aut","cre")),
   person("Ann","Roseberry Lincoln", role="ctb"),
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3ff464a..1b87152 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@ NEWS-MBSStools
 
 <!-- NEWS.md is generated from NEWS.Rmd. Please edit that file -->
 
-    #> Last Update: 2024-04-05 15:56:08.393988
+    #> Last Update: 2024-04-05 16:00:44.873446
+
+# MBSStools v1.2.0 (2024-04-05)
+
+- refactor: Bump version number for fix in previous commit
+- docs: Create release on GitHub using new version number
 
 # MBSStools v1.1.0.9056 (2024-04-05)
 
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 3ff464a..1b87152 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@ NEWS-MBSStools
 
 <!-- NEWS.md is generated from NEWS.Rmd. Please edit that file -->
 
-    #> Last Update: 2024-04-05 15:56:08.393988
+    #> Last Update: 2024-04-05 16:00:44.873446
+
+# MBSStools v1.2.0 (2024-04-05)
+
+- refactor: Bump version number for fix in previous commit
+- docs: Create release on GitHub using new version number
 
 # MBSStools v1.1.0.9056 (2024-04-05)
 
diff --git a/NEWS.rmd b/NEWS.rmd
index 855c006..ad7b794 100644
--- a/NEWS.rmd
+++ b/NEWS.rmd
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ knitr::opts_chunk$set(
 cat(paste0("Last Update: ",Sys.time()))
 ```
 
+MBSStools v1.2.0 (2024-04-05)
+================
+* refactor: Bump version number for fix in previous commit
+* docs: Create release on GitHub using new version number
+
 MBSStools v1.1.0.9056 (2024-04-05)
 ================
 * fix: Revise family BIBI scoring thresholds, Issue #45
diff --git a/inst/shiny-examples/MBSStools/ui.R b/inst/shiny-examples/MBSStools/ui.R
index df01aaa..0d74990 100644
--- a/inst/shiny-examples/MBSStools/ui.R
+++ b/inst/shiny-examples/MBSStools/ui.R
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ library(shinyjs) # used for togglestate of download button
 shinyUI(fluidPage(
 
   # Application title
-  titlePanel("MBSStools, IBI Calculator, v1.1.0.9055"),
+  titlePanel("MBSStools, IBI Calculator, v1.2.0"),
 
   # SideBar
   sidebarLayout(