diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e96fc6d..13f6b9f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 /XlsxWriter-1.1.8.tar.gz
 /XlsxWriter-1.1.9.tar.gz
 /XlsxWriter-1.2.0.tar.gz
+/XlsxWriter-1.2.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-xlsxwriter.spec b/python-xlsxwriter.spec
index 5fbd312..a8a4ba3 100644
--- a/python-xlsxwriter.spec
+++ b/python-xlsxwriter.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 %global src_name XlsxWriter
 
 Name:		python-%{pypi_name}
-Version:	1.2.0
+Version:	1.2.1
 Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	Python module for writing files in the Excel 2007+ XLSX file format
 License:	BSD
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ rm -rf %{src_name}.egg-info
 %{_bindir}/vba_extract.py
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Sep 16 2019 Rajeesh K V <rajeeshknambiar@gmail.com> - 1.2.1-1
+- New version 1.2.1
+- Added the add_write_handler() method to allow user defined types to be handled by the write() method
+- Add support for East Asian vertical fonts in charts
+
 * Sat Aug 31 2019 Rajeesh K V <rajeeshknambiar@gmail.com> - 1.2.0-1
 - New version 1.2.0
 - Refactored exception handling around the workbook file close() method
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 3e4ad92..84677a2 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (XlsxWriter-1.2.0.tar.gz) = b4bac271bcf400aedcf4c038a2f0c8772fe7f87e42ca3b3bea7bb4a701b71e299cfb1999bd411a2f85329482f21f966190606e7d1f540c889bb2743f364a2114
+SHA512 (XlsxWriter-1.2.1.tar.gz) = c10b7244f7a73e44d621a2eab39dd76f7f6157493972c839d7e3788fd0ebc78018a1e37db3e496c1f21a77e4d460bbe296285d4d0b5c76b53be79d06cb36041f