diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 53cc44c..5e2af63 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 # also find the version number here. generate_auto_job also reads the
 # version from here.
 project(qpdf
-  VERSION 12.1.1
+  VERSION 12.2.0
   LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
 # Honor CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES when checking for include files. This
diff --git a/include/qpdf/DLL.h b/include/qpdf/DLL.h
index a1aa9d7..12663f7 100644
--- a/include/qpdf/DLL.h
+++ b/include/qpdf/DLL.h
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@
 
 /* The first version of qpdf to include the version constants is 10.6.0. */
 #define QPDF_MAJOR_VERSION 12
-#define QPDF_MINOR_VERSION 1
-#define QPDF_PATCH_VERSION 1
+#define QPDF_MINOR_VERSION 2
+#define QPDF_PATCH_VERSION 0
 
 #ifdef QPDF_FUTURE
-# define QPDF_VERSION "12.1.1+future"
+# define QPDF_VERSION "12.2.0+future"
 #else
-# define QPDF_VERSION "12.1.1"
+# define QPDF_VERSION "12.2.0"
 #endif
 
 /*
diff --git a/job.sums b/job.sums
index d30eb97..c6b99cf 100644
--- a/job.sums
+++ b/job.sums
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Generated by generate_auto_job
-CMakeLists.txt e66fe7a418c9d241a577e1f811121235e288073a00744976accdc3f867fec620
+CMakeLists.txt f734d32c373c2256f1e171d91ef814fb2d6ee7099ffd857e9f589c917a5c5412
 generate_auto_job f64733b79dcee5a0e3e8ccc6976448e8ddf0e8b6529987a66a7d3ab2ebc10a86
 include/qpdf/auto_job_c_att.hh 4c2b171ea00531db54720bf49a43f8b34481586ae7fb6cbf225099ee42bc5bb4
 include/qpdf/auto_job_c_copy_att.hh 50609012bff14fd82f0649185940d617d05d530cdc522185c7f3920a561ccb42
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ libqpdf/qpdf/auto_job_json_init.hh b49378f00d521a9f3e0ce9086e30b082bc6ef8e43c845
 libqpdf/qpdf/auto_job_schema.hh f6a3e8b663714bba50b594f5e31437bbcb96ca4609d2c150c3bbc172e3b000fa
 manual/_ext/qpdf.py 6add6321666031d55ed4aedf7c00e5662bba856dfcd66ccb526563bffefbb580
 manual/cli.rst 6fae28c9589bfde5b55260c95a7c64ad48688875f14f195129606405b32a04c6
-manual/qpdf.1 cd35722ddb6fbfb9a047e14239cb1f4e8ab666f2d882d10303fc6bbae2bb8966
+manual/qpdf.1 c43b51e92d387d53d7fc9257222f9967830279fa6920154dbf963390ec41bb2f
 manual/qpdf.1.in 436ecc85d45c4c9e2dbd1725fb7f0177fb627179469f114561adf3cb6cbb677b
diff --git a/manual/qpdf.1 b/manual/qpdf.1
index 8f96843..98e4284 100644
--- a/manual/qpdf.1
+++ b/manual/qpdf.1
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 .\" Edits will be automatically overwritten if the build is
 .\" run in maintainer mode.
 .\"
-.TH QPDF "1" "" "qpdf version 12.1.1" "User Commands"
+.TH QPDF "1" "" "qpdf version 12.2.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 qpdf \- PDF transformation software
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/manual/release-notes.rst b/manual/release-notes.rst
index 3ed772d..55f53cf 100644
--- a/manual/release-notes.rst
+++ b/manual/release-notes.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@ more detail.
 
 .. x.y.z: not yet released
 
-12.1.1: not yet released
+12.2.0: May 4, 2025
+  - Upcoming C++ Version Change
+
+    - This is expected to be the last minor release of qpdf to work
+      with C++-17. We will be switching to C++-20 for 12.3.0.
+
   - Bug fixes
 
     - In ``QPDF::getAllPages`` detect shared ``/Kids`` arrays to avoid stack
@@ -59,11 +64,6 @@ more detail.
       invalid.
 
 12.1.0: April 6, 2025
-  - Upcoming C++ Version Change
-
-    - This is expected to be the last minor release of qpdf to work
-      with C++-17. We will be switching to C++-20 for 12.2.0.
-
   - Bug fixes
 
     - In ``QPDF::isLinearized`` return false if the first object in the file is