diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 68ef94fd2a..0e4bebfacd 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Version 2.1.2
 -------------
 
-Unreleased
+Released 2022-04-28
 
 -   Fix type annotation for ``json.loads``, it accepts str or bytes.
     :issue:`4519`
diff --git a/src/flask/__init__.py b/src/flask/__init__.py
index c2bf355fe2..f684f57a6a 100644
--- a/src/flask/__init__.py
+++ b/src/flask/__init__.py
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@
 from .templating import render_template as render_template
 from .templating import render_template_string as render_template_string
 
-__version__ = "2.1.2.dev0"
+__version__ = "2.1.2"