diff --git a/python-svgwrite.changes b/python-svgwrite.changes
index 6e38bcd..427b0e8 100644
--- a/python-svgwrite.changes
+++ b/python-svgwrite.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan  2 11:43:25 UTC 2019 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
+
+- Version update to 1.2.1:
+  * BUGFIX: Python 2 pretty print encoding issue
+  * NEW: Inkscape extension - support for Inkscape layers
+  * BUGFIX: compatibility with Python 3.7 by fixing re.split() usage
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Dec  4 12:55:01 UTC 2018 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-svgwrite.spec b/python-svgwrite.spec
index 9a69b07..b3d40aa 100644
--- a/python-svgwrite.spec
+++ b/python-svgwrite.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-svgwrite
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 Name:           python-svgwrite
-Version:        1.1.12
+Version:        1.2.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Python module for creating SVG drawings
 License:        MIT
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  unzip
 # SECTION test requirements
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pyparsing >= 2.0.1}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 # /SECTION
 Requires:       python-pyparsing >= 2.0.1
 BuildArch:      noarch
@@ -53,11 +54,7 @@ sed -i 's/\r$//' LICENSE.TXT NEWS.rst README.rst
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}
 
 %check
-pushd tests
-%{python_expand export PYTHONPATH=%{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}
-$python -m unittest 
-}
-popd
+%python_expand PYTHONPATH=%{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib} py.test-%{$python_bin_suffix}
 
 %files %{python_files}
 %doc NEWS.rst README.rst
diff --git a/svgwrite-1.1.12.zip b/svgwrite-1.1.12.zip
deleted file mode 100644
index 9299957..0000000
--- a/svgwrite-1.1.12.zip
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:968c99f193f34f0fa7f0b3e82f49b93789c7c45cd89ce190480f16020d41ab79
-size 171947
diff --git a/svgwrite-1.2.1.zip b/svgwrite-1.2.1.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92f5eb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/svgwrite-1.2.1.zip
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:72ef66c9fe367989823cb237ab7f012ac809dd3ba76c1b5ebd9aa61580e2e75e
+size 176795