diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 47023884..ae519e71 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,11 +6,18 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.12.1]
+
+### Changed
+
+- CloudEvents v1 moved to security fixes support stage.
+CloudEvents v2 is a rewrite with ongoing development ([])
+
 ## [1.12.0]
 
 ### Changed
 
-- Dropped Python3.8 support while it has reached EOL. ([])
+- Dropped Python3.8 support while it has reached EOL. ([#249])
 
 ## [1.11.1]
 
@@ -301,3 +308,4 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 [#236]: https://github.com/cloudevents/sdk-python/pull/236
 [#240]: https://github.com/cloudevents/sdk-python/pull/240
 [#248]: https://github.com/cloudevents/sdk-python/pull/248
+[#249]: https://github.com/cloudevents/sdk-python/pull/249
diff --git a/cloudevents/__init__.py b/cloudevents/__init__.py
index e97372bc..63da30fc 100644
--- a/cloudevents/__init__.py
+++ b/cloudevents/__init__.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-__version__ = "1.12.0"
+__version__ = "1.12.1"
diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
index d8fb9cc0..3168f2b5 100644
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [mypy]
 plugins = pydantic.mypy
-python_version = 3.8
+python_version = 3.9
 
 pretty = True
 show_error_context = True
diff --git a/requirements/test.txt b/requirements/test.txt
index 3e32e4a8..729eeec9 100644
--- a/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/requirements/test.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 flake8
 pep8-naming
 flake8-print
-pytest
+pytest>=8.0.0,<9.0
 pytest-cov
 # web app tests
 sanic
diff --git a/samples/http-image-cloudevents/requirements.txt b/samples/http-image-cloudevents/requirements.txt
index 197e001a..ea5705ba 100644
--- a/samples/http-image-cloudevents/requirements.txt
+++ b/samples/http-image-cloudevents/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 flask
 requests
 Pillow
-pytest
+pytest>=8.0.0,<9.0
 cloudevents
diff --git a/samples/http-json-cloudevents/requirements.txt b/samples/http-json-cloudevents/requirements.txt
index 1f69ece3..cd751360 100644
--- a/samples/http-json-cloudevents/requirements.txt
+++ b/samples/http-json-cloudevents/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 flask
 requests
-pytest
+pytest>=8.0.0,<9.0
 cloudevents