diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6fc772ad3..edff57081 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ dnl require autoconf 2.60 (AS_ECHO/AS_ECHO_N)
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, 1)
 dnl Must be kept in sync with src/clientversion.h , ugh!
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 1)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 2)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 50)
 define(_ZC_BUILD_VAL, m4_if(m4_eval(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD < 25), 1, m4_incr(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD), m4_eval(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD < 50), 1, m4_eval(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD - 24), m4_eval(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD == 50), 1, , m4_eval(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD - 50)))
diff --git a/contrib/debian/changelog b/contrib/debian/changelog
index 82505dbd1..7d8d608b2 100644
--- a/contrib/debian/changelog
+++ b/contrib/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,35 @@
+dragonx (1.2.0) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Auto-shield matured coinbase into a wallet-owned Sapling address on a block
+    interval. The destination is derived from the HD seed at m/32'/coin'/i' and
+    is the lowest index inside -mnemonicsaplinggap, so a bare seed-phrase restore
+    re-derives it; auto-shielding refuses to run rather than send anywhere a
+    restore would not find. Enabled only when the seed's provenance is known to be
+    recoverable, so upgraded wallets stay opted out until the operator says
+    otherwise.
+  * Create new wallets from a BIP39 seed phrase by default, byte-compatible with
+    SilentDragonXLite. z_exportmnemonic returns the phrase; -mnemonic restores
+    from it.
+  * New RPC z_autoshieldstatus reports whether auto-shielding is on, the resolved
+    destination, the HD seed's provenance, and why it is off when it is off.
+  * Bound each auto-shield round to 400 inputs and correct the transaction size
+    estimate to account for all three Sapling output descriptions, and lock the
+    selected coins for the duration of proof building so a concurrent
+    z_shieldcoinbase or z_sendmany cannot select them too.
+  * Repair, rather than reject, an hdchain record truncated by an older wallet
+    build. Previously one address generated under a pre-1.1.0 binary left the
+    wallet unopenable with "Wallet corrupted"; the record is now completed and
+    rewritten, and the error text names the seed-phrase remedy when it genuinely
+    cannot be recovered.
+  * Clear a stale sweep flag that could otherwise leave sweeping, consolidation
+    and auto-shielding permanently disabled together, and stop the async queue
+    silently discarding operations at shutdown while reporting success.
+  * Derive the release version from configure.ac in build.sh instead of a
+    hardcoded literal, and document container-based release builds in
+    doc/build-containers.md.
+
+ -- DragonX Developers <dev@dragonx.is>  Tue, 25 Aug 2026 19:45:00 +0000
+
 dragonx (1.1.0) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * Extend DRAGONX checkpoints to height 3,226,000, enabling the existing
diff --git a/src/clientversion.h b/src/clientversion.h
index 35bb0dbef..dd09dcc4f 100644
--- a/src/clientversion.h
+++ b/src/clientversion.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 //! These need to be macros, as clientversion.cpp's and bitcoin*-res.rc's voodoo requires it
 // Must be kept in sync with configure.ac , ugh!
 #define CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR 1
-#define CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR 1
+#define CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR 2
 #define CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION 0
 #define CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD 50