diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 21ac143..ba4b542 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Makefile for preparing files for distribution
-VERSION=1.2.1a
+VERSION=1.2.1
 
 
 .PHONY: distribution release test mkdirs clean cleanall cleantest webmanual
diff --git a/testsuite/verify b/testsuite/verify
index edc471c..2b610fe 100755
--- a/testsuite/verify
+++ b/testsuite/verify
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/csh
-set refversion=1.2.1a
+set refversion=1.2.1
 #set refversion=1.1.0
 # for comparison with 0.5:
 #set options="-V -t UNDERLINE -s SAFE -f FLOATSAFE  --disable-citation-markup"