diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
index 7cdf7c0..2197ca5 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
@@ -1,22 +1,31 @@
               Apache Commons Logging
-                  Version 1.1.3
+                  Version 1.2
                   RELEASE NOTES
 
-The Commons Logging team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Commons Logging 1.1.3
+The Apache Commons Logging team is pleased to announce
+the release of Apache Commons Logging 1.2
 
-Commons Logging is a thin adapter allowing configurable bridging to other,
-well known logging systems.
+Apache Commons Logging is a thin adapter allowing configurable
+bridging to other, well-known logging systems.
 
 This is a maintenance release containing bug fixes.
+Java 1.2 or later is required.
 
 Changes in this version include:
 
 Fixed Bugs:
-o LOGGING-151:  Use "org.apache.commons.logging" as bundle symbolic name. Thanks to Krzysztof Daniel.
+o LOGGING-37:   Improve performance of LogFactory#getFactory() by calling
+                Thread#currentThread()#getContextClassLoader() directly instead
+                of using reflection. As a consequence support for JDK 1.1 has
+                been dropped. Thanks to Matthias Ernst, Archie Cobbs.
+o LOGGING-156:  Fix SecurityAllowedTestCase when executed with OpenJDK 1.7 due
+                to an additional required RuntimePermission. Thanks to Mikolaj Izdebski.
+o LOGGING-157:  Fix javadoc to comply with javadoc tool from jdk 1.8. Thanks to Ville Skyttä.
+
 
 Historical list of changes: http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-logging/changes-report.html
 
-For complete information on Commons Logging, including instructions on how to submit bug reports,
+For complete information on Apache Commons Logging, including instructions on how to submit bug reports,
 patches, or suggestions for improvement, see the Apache Commons Logging website:
 
 http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-logging/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index b2ca788..998d570 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
   <property name="component.title"         value="Logging Wrapper Library"/>
 
   <!-- The current version number of this component -->
-  <property name="component.version"       value="1.2-SNAPSHOT"/>
+  <property name="component.version"       value="1.2"/>
 
   <!-- The base directory for compilation targets -->
   <property name="build.home"              value="${basedir}/target"/>
diff --git a/doap_logging.rdf b/doap_logging.rdf
index 6eb9554..36a4816 100644
--- a/doap_logging.rdf
+++ b/doap_logging.rdf
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ limitations under the License.
       </SVNRepository>
     </repository>
     <release>
+      <Version>
+        <name>commons-logging</name>
+        <created>2014-07-11</created>
+        <revision>1.2</revision>
+      </Version>
       <Version>
         <name>commons-logging</name>
         <created>2013-03-21</created>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 78b7d8b..be49f01 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ under the License.
   <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
   <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
   <name>Apache Commons Logging</name>
-  <version>1.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Apache Commons Logging is a thin adapter allowing configurable bridging to other,
     well known logging systems.</description>
   <url>http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-logging/</url>
@@ -527,11 +527,11 @@ under the License.
     <maven.compiler.source>1.2</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>1.2</maven.compiler.target>
     <commons.componentid>logging</commons.componentid>
-    <commons.release.version>1.1.3</commons.release.version>
+    <commons.release.version>1.2</commons.release.version>
     <commons.jira.id>LOGGING</commons.jira.id>
     <commons.jira.pid>12310484</commons.jira.pid>
     <!-- The RC version used in the staging repository URL. -->
-    <commons.rc.version>RC1</commons.rc.version>
+    <commons.rc.version>RC2</commons.rc.version>
     <commons.surefire.version>2.12</commons.surefire.version>
     <skipSurefireReport>true</skipSurefireReport>
     <!-- Allow default test run order to be changed -->
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index dbba588..f542a0b 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ The <action> type attribute can be add,update,fix,remove.
     <title>Release Notes</title>
   </properties>
   <body>
-    <release version="1.2" date="TBD" description="TBD">
+    <release version="1.2.1" date="TBD" description="This is a maintenance release containing bug fixes. Java 1.2 or later is required.">
+    </release>
+    <release version="1.2" date="2014-07-11" description="This is a maintenance release containing bug fixes. Java 1.2 or later is required.">
       <action issue="LOGGING-37" dev="tn" type="fix" due-to="Matthias Ernst,Archie Cobbs">
         Improve performance of LogFactory#getFactory() by calling Thread#currentThread()#getContextClassLoader()
         directly instead of using reflection. As a consequence support for JDK 1.1 has been dropped.
diff --git a/src/conf/MANIFEST.MF b/src/conf/MANIFEST.MF
index c248781..5182e07 100644
--- a/src/conf/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/src/conf/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 Manifest-Version: 1.0
-Export-Package: org.apache.commons.logging;version="1.1.3",org.apache.
- commons.logging.impl;version="1.1.3"
+Export-Package: org.apache.commons.logging;version="1.2.0",org.apache.
+ commons.logging.impl;version="1.2.0"
 Implementation-Title: Commons Logging
 Implementation-Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation
 Implementation-Vendor-Id: org.apache
 Specification-Title: Commons Logging
 Bundle-License: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.apache.commons.logging
-X-Compile-Target-JDK: 1.1
-Implementation-Version: 1.1.3
+X-Compile-Target-JDK: 1.2
+Implementation-Version: 1.2
 Specification-Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation
 Bundle-Name: Commons Logging
 Created-By: Apache Maven Bundle Plugin
 X-Compile-Source-JDK: 1.2
 Bundle-Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation
-Bundle-Version: 1.1.3
+Bundle-Version: 1.2.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Description: Commons Logging is a thin adapter allowing configu
  rable bridging to other,    well known logging systems.
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ Import-Package: javax.servlet;resolution:=optional;version="[2.1.0,3.0
  .0.1]",org.apache.log4j;resolution:=optional;version="[1.2.15,2.0.0)"
 Include-Resource: META-INF/NOTICE.txt=NOTICE.txt,META-INF/LICENSE.txt=
  LICENSE.txt
-Specification-Version: 1.1.3
+Specification-Version: 1.2
diff --git a/src/site/site.xml b/src/site/site.xml
index 6878c1c..73d424a 100644
--- a/src/site/site.xml
+++ b/src/site/site.xml
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ under the License.
             href="/RELEASE-NOTES.txt"/>
       <item name='JavaDoc (Latest release)'
             href='/javadocs/api-release/index.html'/>
-      <item name='JavaDoc (v1.1)'
-            href='/javadocs/api-1.1/index.html'/>
+      <item name='JavaDoc (v1.1.3)'
+            href='/javadocs/api-1.1.3/index.html'/>
       <item name='JavaDoc (v1.0.4)'
             href='/javadocs/api-1.0.4/index.html'/>
     </menu>
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/download_logging.xml b/src/site/xdoc/download_logging.xml
index 19a911a..79ccd0d 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/download_logging.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/download_logging.xml
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 -->
 <document>
   <properties>
-    <title>Download Commons Logging</title>
+    <title>Download Apache Commons Logging</title>
     <author email="dev@commons.apache.org">Commons Documentation Team</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
-    <section name="Download Commons Logging">
+    <section name="Download Apache Commons Logging">
     <subsection name="Using a Mirror">
       <p>
         We recommend you use a mirror to download our release
@@ -95,32 +95,32 @@ limitations under the License.
       </p>
     </subsection>
     </section>
-    <section name="Commons Logging 1.1.3 ">
+    <section name="Apache Commons Logging 1.2 ">
       <subsection name="Binaries">
         <table>
           <tr>
-              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/logging/binaries/commons-logging-1.1.3-bin.tar.gz">commons-logging-1.1.3-bin.tar.gz</a></td>
-              <td><a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/commons/logging/binaries/commons-logging-1.1.3-bin.tar.gz.md5">md5</a></td>
-              <td><a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/commons/logging/binaries/commons-logging-1.1.3-bin.tar.gz.asc">pgp</a></td>
+              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/logging/binaries/commons-logging-1.2-bin.tar.gz">commons-logging-1.2-bin.tar.gz</a></td>
+              <td><a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/commons/logging/binaries/commons-logging-1.2-bin.tar.gz.md5">md5</a></td>
+              <td><a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/commons/logging/binaries/commons-logging-1.2-bin.tar.gz.asc">pgp</a></td>
           </tr>
           <tr>
-              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/logging/binaries/commons-logging-1.1.3-bin.zip">commons-logging-1.1.3-bin.zip</a></td>
-              <td><a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/commons/logging/binaries/commons-logging-1.1.3-bin.zip.md5">md5</a></td>
-              <td><a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/commons/logging/binaries/commons-logging-1.1.3-bin.zip.asc">pgp</a></td>
+              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/logging/binaries/commons-logging-1.2-bin.zip">commons-logging-1.2-bin.zip</a></td>
+              <td><a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/commons/logging/binaries/commons-logging-1.2-bin.zip.md5">md5</a></td>
+              <td><a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/commons/logging/binaries/commons-logging-1.2-bin.zip.asc">pgp</a></td>
           </tr>
         </table>
       </subsection>
       <subsection name="Source">
         <table>
           <tr>
-              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/logging/source/commons-logging-1.1.3-src.tar.gz">commons-logging-1.1.3-src.tar.gz</a></td>
-              <td><a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/commons/logging/source/commons-logging-1.1.3-src.tar.gz.md5">md5</a></td>
-              <td><a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/commons/logging/source/commons-logging-1.1.3-src.tar.gz.asc">pgp</a></td>
+              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/logging/source/commons-logging-1.2-src.tar.gz">commons-logging-1.2-src.tar.gz</a></td>
+              <td><a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/commons/logging/source/commons-logging-1.2-src.tar.gz.md5">md5</a></td>
+              <td><a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/commons/logging/source/commons-logging-1.2-src.tar.gz.asc">pgp</a></td>
           </tr>
           <tr>
-              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/logging/source/commons-logging-1.1.3-src.zip">commons-logging-1.1.3-src.zip</a></td>
-              <td><a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/commons/logging/source/commons-logging-1.1.3-src.zip.md5">md5</a></td>
-              <td><a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/commons/logging/source/commons-logging-1.1.3-src.zip.asc">pgp</a></td>
+              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/logging/source/commons-logging-1.2-src.zip">commons-logging-1.2-src.zip</a></td>
+              <td><a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/commons/logging/source/commons-logging-1.2-src.zip.md5">md5</a></td>
+              <td><a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/commons/logging/source/commons-logging-1.2-src.zip.asc">pgp</a></td>
           </tr>
         </table>
       </subsection>
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/index.xml b/src/site/xdoc/index.xml
index aa7974a..4219096 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/index.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/index.xml
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ This gives short introductions to topics such as advanced class loading.
 Binary and source distributions are available
        <a href="http://commons.apache.org/logging/download_logging.cgi">here</a>.
     </p>
+    <subsection name='1.2 Release - July 2014'>
+      <p>The main purpose of the 1.2 release is to drop support for Java 1.1.</p>
+      <p>For a full list of changes since the 1.1.3 release, please refer to the
+      <a href="changes-report.html">change-report</a>.</p> 
+    </subsection>
     <subsection name='1.1.3 Release - May 2013'>
       <p>The 1.1.3 release only updates the Bundle-SymbolicName in the manifest
       to "org.apache.commons.logging".</p>