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 [coverity]: https://scan.coverity.com/projects/mcuboot
 [travis]: https://travis-ci.org/runtimeco/mcuboot
 
-This is mcuboot, version 1.1.0
+This is mcuboot, version 1.2.0
 
 MCUboot is a secure bootloader for 32-bit MCUs.   The goal of MCUboot is to
 define a common infrastructure for the bootloader, system flash layout on