diff --git a/include/etl/version.h b/include/etl/version.h
index 569fe3f8..12c1c595 100644
--- a/include/etl/version.h
+++ b/include/etl/version.h
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ SOFTWARE.
 /// Definitions of the ETL version
 ///\ingroup utilities
 
-#define ETL_VERSION       "12.0.0"
-#define ETL_VERSION_W     L"12.0.0"
-#define ETL_VERSION_U16   u"12.0.0"
-#define ETL_VERSION_U32   U"12.0.0"
+#define ETL_VERSION       "12.0.1"
+#define ETL_VERSION_W     L"12.0.1"
+#define ETL_VERSION_U16   u"12.0.1"
+#define ETL_VERSION_U32   U"12.0.1"
 #define ETL_VERSION_MAJOR 12
 #define ETL_VERSION_MINOR  0
-#define ETL_VERSION_PATCH  0
+#define ETL_VERSION_PATCH  1
 #define ETL_VERSION_VALUE ((ETL_VERSION_MAJOR * 10000) + (ETL_VERSION_MINOR * 100) + ETL_VERSION_PATCH)
 
 #endif
diff --git a/support/Release notes.txt b/support/Release notes.txt
index 7c2f5f3f..7e8d147c 100644
--- a/support/Release notes.txt	
+++ b/support/Release notes.txt	
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+===============================================================================
+12.0.1
+Modified state_chart to accept recursive events.
+Made start() virtual.
+
 ===============================================================================
 12.0.0
 Modified the API of etl::state_chart constructors.