diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 7c47b4bc19..c65f0f4f4d 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-Release 4.1.2 (in development)
-==============================
-
-Dependencies
-------------
+Release 4.1.2 (released Jul 27, 2021)
+=====================================
 
 Incompatible changes
 --------------------
@@ -10,12 +7,6 @@ Incompatible changes
 * #9435: linkcheck: Disable checking automatically generated anchors on
   github.com (ex. anchors in reST/Markdown documents)
 
-Deprecated
-----------
-
-Features added
---------------
-
 Bugs fixed
 ----------
 
@@ -27,9 +18,6 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #9456: html search: html_copy_source can't control the search summaries
 * #9435: linkcheck: Failed to check anchors in github.com
 
-Testing
---------
-
 Release 4.1.1 (released Jul 15, 2021)
 =====================================
 
diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index aa81399bdb..25c2f20876 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', "'U' mode is deprecated",
                         DeprecationWarning, module='docutils.io')
 
-__version__ = '4.1.2+'
+__version__ = '4.1.2'
 __released__ = '4.1.2'  # used when Sphinx builds its own docs
 
 #: Version info for better programmatic use.
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #:
 #: .. versionadded:: 1.2
 #:    Before version 1.2, check the string ``sphinx.__version__``.
-version_info = (4, 1, 2, 'beta', 0)
+version_info = (4, 1, 2, 'final', 0)
 
 package_dir = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))