diff --git a/ascii_alignment_pileup.R b/ascii_alignment_pileup.R
index 3ddb46f35a31590286f101a3c5adceadd52926fb..6d019b466934090b4078a7a937f0fbdd7baa42c6 100755
--- a/ascii_alignment_pileup.R
+++ b/ascii_alignment_pileup.R
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ against one or more regions specified in a BED file.\n"
 author <- "Author: Alexander Kanitz"
 affiliation <- "Affiliation: Biozentrum, University of Basel"
 email <- "Email: alexander.kanitz@alumni.ethz.ch"
-version <- "1.1.1"
+version <- "1.2.1"
 version_formatted <- paste("Version:", version, sep=" ")
 requirements <- c("optparse", "rtracklayer", "GenomicAlignments", "tools")
 requirements_txt <- paste("Requires:", paste(requirements, collapse=", "), sep=" ")