diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 292099abde8..a62e427da41 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
-## [1.2.0-rc.2] - 2024-06-14
+## [1.2.0-rc.2] - 2024-06-25
 
 > TRUE or FALSE, it's a problem!
 
 ### Important Notes
+
  * libcontainer/cgroups users who want to manage cgroup devices need to explicitly
    import libcontainer/cgroups/devices. (#3452, #4248)
  * If building with Go 1.22.x, make sure to use 1.22.4 or a later version.
@@ -39,7 +40,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Changed
 
  * libcontainer: allow containers to make apps think fips is enabled/disabled for testing. (#4246)
- * Set temporary single CPU affinity before cgroup cpuset transition. (#3923)
  * libct: decouple libct/cg/devices. (#4248)
  * libct/cg/fs: don't write cpu_burst twice on ENOENT. (#4259)
  * Allow overriding VERSION value in Makefile. (#4269)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8f890920fa4..49d540ecf11 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.2.0-rc.2
+1.2.0-rc.2+dev