diff --git a/.zenodo.json b/.zenodo.json
index 4fa9e65..8c63ee1 100644
--- a/.zenodo.json
+++ b/.zenodo.json
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@
             "affiliation": "Netherlands eScience Center",
             "name": "Smeets, Stef",
             "orcid": "0000-0002-5413-9038"
+        },
+        {
+            "affiliation": "Netherlands eScience Center",
+            "name": "Verhoeven, Stefan",
+            "orcid": "0000-0002-5821-2060"
         }
     ],
     "description": "A command line interface to download ERA5 data from the Climate Data Store.\n",
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index c00085e..c479ca7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,19 +1,25 @@
 Release Notes
 *************
 
+1.2.0 (2021-04-21)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* Add support for ERA5-Land data `#67 <https://github.com/eWaterCycle/era5cli/pull/67>`_
+* Add functionality to download subregions `#70 <https://github.com/eWaterCycle/era5cli/pull/70>`_
+* Update variables available for ERA5 datasets `#84 <https://github.com/eWaterCycle/era5cli/pull/84>`_
+
 1.1.1 (2020-12-15)
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 * Patch to fix the github actions publish automation `#64 <https://github.com/eWaterCycle/era5cli/pull/64>`_
 
 1.1.0 (2020-12-14)
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 * The stable 1.1.0 era5cli minor release.
 * Add support for ERA5 preliminary back extension `#58 <https://github.com/eWaterCycle/era5cli/pull/58>`_
 * Update tests `#57 <https://github.com/eWaterCycle/era5cli/pull/57>`_
 * Add automated PyPI package building and publishing with github Actions `#62 <https://github.com/eWaterCycle/era5cli/pull/62>`_
 
 1.0.0 (2019-07-25)
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 * The stable 1.0.0 era5cli release.
 * Adding more useful information to netCDF history `#48 <https://github.com/eWaterCycle/era5cli/pull/48>`_
 
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 4554582..dd67a1d 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -72,9 +72,14 @@ authors:
     family-names: Smeets
     given-names: Stef
     orcid: 0000-0002-5413-9038
+  -
+    affiliation: "Netherlands eScience Center"
+    family-names: Verhoeven
+    given-names: Stefan
+    orcid: 0000-0002-5821-2060
 
 cff-version: "1.0.3"
-date-released: 2020-12-14
+date-released: 2021-04-21
 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3252665
 keywords:
   - "ERA5"
@@ -82,4 +87,4 @@ license: Apache-2.0
 message: "If you use this software, please cite it using these metadata."
 repository-code: "https://github.com/ewatercycle/era5cli"
 title: era5cli
-version: 1.1.1
+version: 1.2.0
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index ca57648..135d97a 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -9,8 +9,27 @@ guidelines on
 readthedocs](https://era5cli.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contribute.html).
 
 # Making a release
+
+## Author information
+Ensure all authors are present in:
+
+- .zenodo.json
+- CITATION.cff
+- era5cli/__version__.py
+
+## Confirm release info
+Ensure the right date and upcoming version number is set in:
+
+- CITATION.cff
+- era5cli/__version__.py
+
+## Update the changelog
+Update CHANGELOG.rst with new features and fixes in the upcoming version.
+Confirm that README.rst is up to date with new features as well.
+
+## PyPI release workflow
 Publishing a new release in github triggers the github Action workflow that
 builds and publishes the package to test.PyPI and PyPI. Versions with "rc"
 (releasecandidate) in their version tag will only be published to test.PyPI.
 Other version tags will also trigger a PyPI release.
-Inspect `.github/workflows/pyproject.toml` for more information.
+Inspect `.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml` for more information.
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index f558121..0835fef 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -28,13 +28,12 @@ A command line interface to download ERA5 data from the `Copernicus Climate Data
 
 With era5cli you can:
 
-- download meteorological data in GRIB/NetCDF
+- download meteorological data in GRIB/NetCDF, including ERA5 data from the preliminary back extension, and ERA5-Land data.
 - list and retrieve information on available variables and pressure levels
 - select multiple variables for several months and years
 - split outputs by years, producing a separate file for every year instead of merging them in one file
 - download multiple files at once
 - extract data for a sub-region of the globe
-- download ERA5 back extension (preliminary version)
 
 .. inclusion-marker-end-do-not-remove
 
diff --git a/era5cli/__version__.py b/era5cli/__version__.py
index 7ab86d3..106fa6f 100644
--- a/era5cli/__version__.py
+++ b/era5cli/__version__.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 __author__ = ('Ronald van Haren', 'Jaro Camphuijsen', 'Yifat Dzigan',
               'Niels Drost', 'Fakhereh Alidoost', 'Bouwe Andela',
-              'Jerom Aerts', 'Berend Weel', 'Rolf Hut', 'Klaus Zimmermann')
+              'Jerom Aerts', 'Berend Weel', 'Rolf Hut', 'Klaus Zimmermann',
+              'Peter Kalverla', 'Barbara Vreede', 'Aytaç Paçal', 'Stef Smeets',
+              'Stefan Verhoeven')
 __email__ = 'ewatercycle@esciencecenter.nl'
-__version__ = '1.1.1'
+__version__ = '1.2.0'