diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4f59375d8ee3c245e7d8008e7e8c6d6ff13b3d96..d3989b65d2206d26aff9778582ef99014e45ce2f 100644
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@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 # Changelog
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## v1.2.1 -  2021-02-08  - bug fix for recursive import error
+
+### general:
+
+* applied bug fix
+
+### technical:
+
+* bug fix for recursive import error, #269
+
 ## v1.2.0 -  2020-12-18  - parallel preprocessing and improved data handlers
 
 ### general:
diff --git a/mlair/__init__.py b/mlair/__init__.py
index e9a157ca5bba11b22e80df0f3f18092fb0f32db6..e8ad9509e3fb90826c862d1a17641df071168b18 100644
--- a/mlair/__init__.py
+++ b/mlair/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 __version_info__ = {
     'major': 1,
     'minor': 2,
-    'micro': 0,
+    'micro': 1,
 }
 
 from mlair.run_modules import RunEnvironment, ExperimentSetup, PreProcessing, ModelSetup, Training, PostProcessing