diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 64dc549..7e642e1 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 include COPYING
+include NEWS
 recursive-include sample *.py *.html README *.py.example
 recursive-include src/django_kerberos/templates *.html
 recursive-include src/django_kerberos/static *.js
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 221841b..202532c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1.2.1
+=====
+
+- fix packaging error
+
 1.2.0
 =====
 
diff --git a/src/django_kerberos/__init__.py b/src/django_kerberos/__init__.py
index 58d478a..3f262a6 100644
--- a/src/django_kerberos/__init__.py
+++ b/src/django_kerberos/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.2.0'
+__version__ = '1.2.1'