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+## 1.12.1 / 2022-01-29
+
+* [BUGFIX] Make the Go 1.17 collector concurrency-safe #969
+  * Use simpler locking in the Go 1.17 collector #975
+* [BUGFIX] Reduce granularity of histogram buckets for Go 1.17 collector #974
+* [ENHANCEMENT] API client: make HTTP reads more efficient #976
+
 ## 1.12.0 / 2022-01-19
 
 * [CHANGE] example/random: Move flags and metrics into main() #935
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-1.12.0
+1.12.1