diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index ba93629..0217acc 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Opfi 0.1.2
+
+Update version number for JOSS publication and archive.
+
 ## Opfi 0.1.1
 
 Pypi badge added to documentation.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2aad5af..1feded4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="opfi", 
-    version="0.1.1",
+    version="0.1.2",
     author="Alexis M Hill, James Rybarski",
     author_email="alexismhill3@gmail.com",
     description="A package for discovery, annotation, and analysis of gene clusters in genomics or metagenomics datasets.",