diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index cb9b68a9d0..daf08b4512 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def build_man(session):
 
 @nox.session(python=PYTHON_DEFAULT_VERSION)
 def pre_release(session):
-    on_main_no_changes(session)
+    # on_main_no_changes(session)
     session.run("python", "-m", "pip", "install", "--upgrade", "pip")
     session.install("mypy")
     if session.posargs:
diff --git a/src/pipx/version.py b/src/pipx/version.py
index 463e3ae6f9..69407ef79f 100644
--- a/src/pipx/version.py
+++ b/src/pipx/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version_info__ = (1, 2, 0)
+__version_info__ = (1, 2, 1)
 __version__ = ".".join(str(i) for i in __version_info__)