diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 04579d685..d72ea3db5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
-Overview of changes leading to 2.1.1
+Overview of changes leading to 2.1.2
+Friday, November 16, 2018
+====================================
+- Various internal changes.
+- AAT shaping improvements:
+  o Implement kern table Format 1 state-machine-based kerning.
+  o Implement cross-stream kerning (cursive positioning, etc).
+  o Ignore emptyish GSUB tables (zero scripts) if morx present.
+  o Don't apply GPOS if morx is being applied.  Matches Apple.
+
+
+-Overview of changes leading to 2.1.1
 Monday, November 5, 2018
 ====================================
 - AAT improvements:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 48ee9ce94..0db1fd0d8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
-        [2.1.1],
+        [2.1.2],
         [https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/issues/new],
         [harfbuzz],
         [http://harfbuzz.org/])
diff --git a/src/hb-version.h b/src/hb-version.h
index ec150d5dd..a18c897c9 100644
--- a/src/hb-version.h
+++ b/src/hb-version.h
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ HB_BEGIN_DECLS
 
 #define HB_VERSION_MAJOR 2
 #define HB_VERSION_MINOR 1
-#define HB_VERSION_MICRO 1
+#define HB_VERSION_MICRO 2
 
-#define HB_VERSION_STRING "2.1.1"
+#define HB_VERSION_STRING "2.1.2"
 
 #define HB_VERSION_ATLEAST(major,minor,micro) \
 	((major)*10000+(minor)*100+(micro) <= \