updating version info
diff --git a/numpy/version.py b/numpy/version.py
index 3e9a3e8..a7eae8d 100644
--- a/numpy/version.py
+++ b/numpy/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-version='1.2.0'
-release=False
+version='1.2.0b1'
+release=True
 
 if not release:
     version += '.dev'