diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5baa8f9..ca224d0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ mdds_0.3.0.tar.bz2
 /mdds-1.1.0.tar.bz2
 /mdds-1.2.0.tar.bz2
 /mdds-1.2.1.tar.bz2
+/mdds-1.2.2.tar.bz2
diff --git a/mdds.spec b/mdds.spec
index d740b0c..b392eb1 100644
--- a/mdds.spec
+++ b/mdds.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 %global apiversion 1.2
 
 Name: mdds
-Version: 1.2.1
+Version: 1.2.2
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: A collection of multi-dimensional data structures and indexing algorithms
 
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ make check %{?_smp_mflags}
 %license LICENSE
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Sep 12 2016 David Tardon <dtardon@redhat.com> - 1.2.2-1
+- new upstream release
+
 * Mon Jun 27 2016 David Tardon <dtardon@redhat.com> - 1.2.1-1
 - new upstream release
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index b42864d..6a0652d 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4cf64cd1f6543501b10054a0801a03dd  mdds-1.2.1.tar.bz2
+8855cf852a6088cfdc792c6f7ceb0243  mdds-1.2.2.tar.bz2