diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0e79ef31953..93934167909 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,36 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## [1.2.0rc1] - 2022-08-17
+
+### Added
+
+- Added support for subdirectories in git dependencies ([#5172](https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/pull/5172))
+- Virtual environments can now be created even with empty project name ([#5856](https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/pull/5856))
+- Added support for `nushell` on `poetry shell` ([#6063](https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/pull/6063))
+
+### Changed
+
+- Replaced Poetry's helper method `canonicalize_name()` by `packaging.utils.canonicalize_name()` ([#6022](https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/pull/6022))
+- Removed code for the `export` command, which is now provided via plugin ([#6128](https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/pull/6128))
+- Extras and extras dependencies are now sorted in lock file ([#6169](https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/pull/6169))
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed an issue where symlinks in lock file were not resolved ([#5850](https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/pull/5850))
+- Fixed a `tomlkit` regression resulting in inconsistent line endings ([#5870](https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/pull/5870))
+- Fixed an issue where neither Python nor created venv can be found, when using Python from MS Store ([#5931](https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/pull/5931))
+- Improved error message of `poetry publish` in the event of an upload error ([#6043](https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/pull/6043))
+- Fixed an issue where `poetry lock` fails without output ([#6058](https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/pull/6058))
+- Fixed an issue where Windows drive mappings break virtual environment names ([#6110](https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/pull/6110))
+- `tomlkit` versions with memory leak are now avoided ([#6160](https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/pull/6160))
+- Fixed an infinite loop in the solver ([#6178](https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/pull/6178))
+
+### Docs
+
+- Documented the use of the `subdirectory` parameter ([#5949](https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/pull/5949))
+- Documented `tox` config for different use cases ([#6026](https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/pull/6026))
+
+
 ## [1.2.0b3] - 2022-07-13
 
 **Important**: This release fixes a critical issue that prevented hashes from being retrieved when locking dependencies,
@@ -1447,7 +1478,8 @@ Initial release
 
 
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/compare/1.2.0b3...master
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/compare/1.2.0rc1...master
+[1.2.0rc1]: https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/releases/tag/1.2.0rc1
 [1.2.0b3]: https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/releases/tag/1.2.0b3
 [1.2.0b2]: https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/releases/tag/1.2.0b2
 [1.2.0b1]: https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/releases/tag/1.2.0b1
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 331afb4d4ff..0609abe1a86 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "poetry"
-version = "1.2.0rc1.dev0"
+version = "1.2.0rc1"
 description = "Python dependency management and packaging made easy."
 authors = [
     "Sébastien Eustace <sebastien@eustace.io>",
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ generate-setup-file = false
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.7"
 
-poetry-core = "^1.1.0b3"
+poetry-core = "^1.1.0rc1"
 poetry-plugin-export = "^1.0.6"
 cachecontrol = { version = "^0.12.9", extras = ["filecache"] }
 cachy = "^0.3.0"