diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 0434384cf2..073411ed5d 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -56,6 +56,4 @@
 ^man/dot-extract_constructor_and_modifiers\.Rd$
 ^man/dot-apply_modifiers\.Rd$
 ^man/handle_vertex_type_arg\.Rd$
-^build$
-^libs$
-^libsonly$
+^rchk$
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 207bc92798..da6abc2afb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,6 +20,4 @@ cran
 /docs
 /compile_commands.json
 /.cache
-build/
-libs/
-libsonly/
+/rchk
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index b6aa529c41..0f383f53c0 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ message: 'To cite package "igraph" in publications use:'
 type: software
 license: GPL-2.0-or-later
 title: 'igraph: Network Analysis and Visualization'
-version: 2.1.1
+version: 2.1.2
 identifiers:
 - type: doi
   value: 10.32614/CRAN.package.igraph
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ references:
   - family-names: Müller
     given-names: Kirill
   year: '2024'
-  notes: R package version 2.1.1
+  notes: R package version 2.1.2
   doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7682609
   url: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=igraph
 - type: software
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 3b779cf83c..6459b4e8a0 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: igraph
 Title: Network Analysis and Visualization
-Version: 2.1.1.9907
+Version: 2.1.2
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Gábor", "Csárdi", , "csardi.gabor@gmail.com", role = "aut",
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-7098-9676")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 00bfad89d7..e333474a84 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 <!-- NEWS.md is maintained by https://fledge.cynkra.com, contributors should not edit this file -->
 
-# igraph 2.1.1.9907
-
-## Chore
-
-- Build-ignore rchk artifacts.
-
-
-# igraph 2.1.1.9906
+# igraph 2.1.2
 
 ## Bug fixes
 
@@ -15,107 +8,7 @@
 
 - Fix protection errors reported by rchk (#1592).
 
-## Continuous integration
-
-- Change `Makevars` only after installation of R.
-
-- Use GLPK on macOS.
-
-- Add required rgl version (#1584).
-
-- Install GLPK on macOS.
-
-- Bring back extra workflow.
-
-- Import from actions-sync, check carefully (#1600).
-
-- Remove covr, handled elsewhere.
-
-- Fix extra workflow.
-
-- Remove noise.
-
-- Sync workflows (#1589).
-
-## Documentation
-
-- Tweak NEWS \[ci skip\].
-
-
-# igraph 2.1.1.9905
-
-## Continuous integration
-
-- Import from actions-sync, check carefully (#1600).
-
-- Remove covr, handled elsewhere.
-
-- Fix extra workflow.
-
-- Remove noise.
-
-- Sync workflows (#1589).
-
-## Documentation
-
-- Tweak NEWS \[ci skip\].
-
-
-# igraph 2.1.1.9904
-
-## Continuous integration
-
-- Import from actions-sync, check carefully (#1600).
-
-- Remove covr, handled elsewhere.
-
-- Fix extra workflow.
-
-- Remove noise.
-
-- Sync workflows (#1589).
-
-## Documentation
-
-- Tweak NEWS \[ci skip\].
-
-
-# igraph 2.1.1.9903
-
-## Continuous integration
-
-- Import from actions-sync, check carefully (#1600).
-
-- Remove covr, handled elsewhere.
-
-- Fix extra workflow.
-
-- Remove noise.
-
-- Sync workflows (#1589).
-
-
-# igraph 2.1.1.9902
-
-## Continuous integration
-
-- Remove covr, handled elsewhere.
-
-- Fix extra workflow.
-
-- Remove noise.
-
-- Sync workflows (#1589).
-
-
-# igraph 2.1.1.9901
-
-## Continuous integration
-
-- Sync workflows (#1589).
-
-
-# igraph 2.1.1.9900
+- Fix the incorrect handling of the `sample` parameter in `sample_motifs()` and ensure that the default `sample.size` is integer (#1568).
 
 ## Documentation
 
@@ -127,9 +20,9 @@
 
 - `cluster_optimal()` does support directed graphs.
 
-## Bug fixes
+## Testing
 
-- Fix the incorrect handling of the `sample` parameter in `sample_motifs()` and ensure that the default `sample.size` is integer (#1568).
+- Test handling of `"return.vs.es"` in several functions (@stibu81, #1610).
 
 
 # igraph 2.1.1
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
index 384ebf18b4..b1264f2101 100644
--- a/cran-comments.md
+++ b/cran-comments.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-igraph 2.1.1.9900
+igraph 2.1.2
 
 ## Cran Repository Policy