diff --git a/documentation/releasenotes.rst b/documentation/releasenotes.rst
index 0ddb6db..327ef57 100644
--- a/documentation/releasenotes.rst
+++ b/documentation/releasenotes.rst
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 Release Notes
 =============
 
-1.2.1 (May 2023)
-----------------
+1.2.1 (June 2023)
+-----------------
 
 * Quiet erroneous MONITOR exceeds window size warning message on ``finish()``.
 * Fix incomplete py build
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7a910e3..ec3b9d1 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ build_dso.sub_commands.extend([
 
 
 pvxs_ver = '%(PVXS_MAJOR_VERSION)s.%(PVXS_MINOR_VERSION)s.%(PVXS_MAINTENANCE_VERSION)s'%pvxsversion
-pvxs_ver += 'a1'
+#pvxs_ver += 'a1'
 
 with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'README.md')) as F:
     long_description = F.read()