diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 6c2ab4619522054a33e1a56867588188594b33e4..2664c5ef926ec9a89e6681834802de7e6f6ad99c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # eduGAIN Access Check Changelog
 
+## Version 1.2.2 (19/10/2020)
+
+* mitigate metadata synchronisation error: just skip problematic entity,
+  instead of crashing
+
 ## Version 1.2.1 (11/03/2020)
 
 * fix language detection
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 47d22ec3169fad03720dba799b0cc73cfff8c3d4..c423a8a7bc4e9f7a934e2fd57cbac8c46311e9a0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT([Access Check Manager], 1.2.1)
+AC_INIT([Access Check Manager], 1.2.2)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
 AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE([tap-driver.sh])
 AC_PROG_LN_S