diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 835ec2e..1b980d0 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+Version 1.2.0 (released 2024-12-12)
+
+- fix: docs reference target not found
+- setup: remove werkzeug pin
+
 Version v1.1.1 (released 2024-11-05)
 
 - setup: remove werkzeug pin
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 65ed403..46555a2 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # This file is part of Flask-IIIF
 # Copyright (C) 2014-2020 CERN.
-# Copyright (C) 2022 Graz University of Technology.
+# Copyright (C) 2022-2024 Graz University of Technology.
 #
 # Flask-IIIF is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the Revised BSD License; see LICENSE file for
@@ -316,4 +316,9 @@
 # Autodoc configuraton.
 autoclass_content = "both"
 
-nitpick_ignore = [("py:class", "type")]
+nitpick_ignore = [
+    ("py:class", "type"),
+    ("py:class", "t.ClassVar"),
+    ("py:class", "t.Optional"),
+    ("py:class", "t.Collection"),
+]
diff --git a/flask_iiif/__init__.py b/flask_iiif/__init__.py
index 72bcc8f..ce635a2 100644
--- a/flask_iiif/__init__.py
+++ b/flask_iiif/__init__.py
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ def protect_api():
         self.api_decorator_callback = callback
 
 
-__version__ = "1.1.1"
+__version__ = "1.2.0"
 
 __all__ = (
     "IIIF",
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 773e334..6b3b358 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ install_requires =
     Flask-RESTful>=0.3.7
     pillow>=7.0
     six>=1.7.2
-    # remove after flask pin in pytest has been removed
-    werkzeug<3.1.0
 
 [options.extras_require]
 tests =