diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 75c88a0a..f4bfe5df 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ Description: Provides generators for a high number of both single- and multi-
     objective test functions which are frequently used for the benchmarking of
     (numerical) optimization algorithms. Moreover, it offers a set of convenient
     functions to generate, plot and work with objective functions.
-Version: 1.1.9000
-Date: 2015-11-24
+Version: 1.2
+Date: 2016-01-21
 Authors@R: c(person("Jakob", "Bossek", email = "j.bossek@gmail.com", role =
     c("aut", "cre")))
 URL: https://github.com/jakobbossek/smoof
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9151f405..d8f7365b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-smoof v1.1.9000 (Release data: xxxx-xx-xx)
+smoof v1.2 (Release data: 2016-01-21)
 ============
 
+* Added: functions convertToMaximization and convertToMinimization
 * Added: main parameter for plot and autoplot. By default the function name is
   used for the plot title.
 * Fixed: autoplot and plot do not work for wrapped functions.