diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index c7ecbcf3..ab941a16 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: modeltime
 Title: The Tidymodels Extension for Time Series Modeling
-Version: 1.1.1.9000
+Version: 1.2.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Matt", "Dancho", email = "mdancho@business-science.io", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Business Science", role = "cph"))
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Depends:
     R (>= 3.5.0)
 Imports:
     StanHeaders,
-    timetk (>= 2.6.0),
+    timetk (>= 2.8.0),
     parsnip (>= 0.2.1),
     dials,
     yardstick (>= 0.0.8),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 81a227a6..163a816c 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# modeltime 1.1.1.9000 (Development Version)
+# modeltime 1.2.0 
 
 __New Features__