diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 6ea55c8e11d..69655db57e6 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,21 @@
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+21.1.2 (2021-05-23)
+===================
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+- New resolver: Correctly exclude an already installed package if its version is
+  known to be incompatible to stop the dependency resolution process with a clear
+  error message. (`#9841 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/9841>`_)
+- Allow ZIP to archive files with timestamps earlier than 1980. (`#9910 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/9910>`_)
+- Emit clearer error message when a project root does not contain either
+  ``pyproject.toml``, ``setup.py`` or ``setup.cfg``. (`#9944 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/9944>`_)
+- Fix detection of existing standalone pip instance for PEP 517 builds. (`#9953 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/9953>`_)
+
+
 21.1.1 (2021-04-30)
 ===================
 
diff --git a/news/9841.bugfix.rst b/news/9841.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
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--- a/news/9841.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-New resolver: Correctly exclude an already installed package if its version is
-known to be incompatible to stop the dependency resolution process with a clear
-error message.
diff --git a/news/9910.bugfix.rst b/news/9910.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index ece2f3fdfa9..00000000000
--- a/news/9910.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Allow ZIP to archive files with timestamps earlier than 1980.
diff --git a/news/9944.bugfix.rst b/news/9944.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 58bb70b78f3..00000000000
--- a/news/9944.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Emit clearer error message when a project root does not contain either
-``pyproject.toml``, ``setup.py`` or ``setup.cfg``.
diff --git a/news/9953.bugfix.rst b/news/9953.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 227f012b899..00000000000
--- a/news/9953.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix detection of existing standalone pip instance for PEP 517 builds.
diff --git a/news/e0021c1f-5eeb-4f32-bfe8-87752f034acd.trivial.rst b/news/e0021c1f-5eeb-4f32-bfe8-87752f034acd.trivial.rst
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index e69de29bb2d..00000000000
diff --git a/src/pip/__init__.py b/src/pip/__init__.py
index c35872ca9db..82f53c38cab 100644
--- a/src/pip/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pip/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from typing import List, Optional
 
-__version__ = "21.2.dev0"
+__version__ = "21.1.2"
 
 
 def main(args=None):