diff --git a/lib/rake/version.rb b/lib/rake/version.rb
index 7a309b9dc..2a29ab173 100644
--- a/lib/rake/version.rb
+++ b/lib/rake/version.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 module Rake
-  VERSION = "12.1.0"
+  VERSION = "12.2.0"
 
   module Version # :nodoc: all
     MAJOR, MINOR, BUILD, *OTHER = Rake::VERSION.split "."
diff --git a/rake.gemspec b/rake.gemspec
index f3e77ca2f..85a45147e 100644
--- a/rake.gemspec
+++ b/rake.gemspec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ require 'rake/version'
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = "rake".freeze
   s.version = Rake::VERSION
-  s.date = "2017-09-11"
+  s.date = "2017-10-25"
   s.authors = ["Hiroshi SHIBATA".freeze, "Eric Hodel".freeze, "Jim Weirich".freeze]
   s.email = ["hsbt@ruby-lang.org".freeze, "drbrain@segment7.net".freeze, "".freeze]