diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 32255d4e..6257f746 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## [v1.2.0](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/releases/tag/v1.2.0) - 2024-08-07
+
+### Feature
+
+* Introducing docling_backend ([#26](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/issues/26)) ([`b8f5e38`](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/commit/b8f5e38a8c8b3fd734fa119cae216a3da0b363f7))
+
 ## [v1.1.2](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/releases/tag/v1.1.2) - 2024-07-31
 
 ### Fix
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 46c25e90..04a8ef2c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "docling"
-version = "1.1.2"  # DO NOT EDIT, updated automatically
+version = "1.2.0"  # DO NOT EDIT, updated automatically
 description = "Docling PDF conversion package"
 authors = ["Christoph Auer <cau@zurich.ibm.com>", "Michele Dolfi <dol@zurich.ibm.com>", "Maxim Lysak <mly@zurich.ibm.com>", "Nikos Livathinos <nli@zurich.ibm.com>", "Ahmed Nassar <ahn@zurich.ibm.com>", "Peter Staar <taa@zurich.ibm.com>"]
 license = "MIT"