diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2ad5f8c..817a6cf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Only accretive/fixative changes will be made from now on.
 
-* 1.2.next in progress
+* 1.2.709 -- 2021-08-30
   * Fix #174 by removing `:property-separator` from "etc" map and defaulting H2 to `";"` for this.
   * Switch to `tools.build` for running tests and JAR building etc.
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1545302..ae04b06 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ The next generation of `clojure.java.jdbc`: a new low-level Clojure wrapper for
 
 The latest versions on Clojars and on cljdoc:
 
-[![Clojars Project](https://clojars.org/com.github.seancorfield/next.jdbc/latest-version.svg)](https://clojars.org/com.github.seancorfield/next.jdbc) [![cljdoc badge](https://cljdoc.org/badge/com.github.seancorfield/next.jdbc?1.2.689)](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.github.seancorfield/next.jdbc/CURRENT)
+[![Clojars Project](https://clojars.org/com.github.seancorfield/next.jdbc/latest-version.svg)](https://clojars.org/com.github.seancorfield/next.jdbc) [![cljdoc badge](https://cljdoc.org/badge/com.github.seancorfield/next.jdbc?1.2.709)](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.github.seancorfield/next.jdbc/CURRENT)
 
 The documentation on [cljdoc.org](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.github.seancorfield/next.jdbc/CURRENT) is for the current version of `next.jdbc`:
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The documentation on [cljdoc.org](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.github.seancorfield/n
 * [Migrating from `clojure.java.jdbc`](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.github.seancorfield/next.jdbc/CURRENT/doc/migration-from-clojure-java-jdbc)
 * Feedback via [issues](https://github.com/seancorfield/next-jdbc/issues) or in the [`#sql` channel on the Clojurians Slack](https://clojurians.slack.com/messages/C1Q164V29/) or the [`#sql` stream on the Clojurians Zulip](https://clojurians.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/152063-sql).
 
-The documentation on GitHub is for **develop** since the 1.2.689 release -- [see the CHANGELOG](https://github.com/seancorfield/next-jdbc/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md) and then read the [corresponding updated documentation](https://github.com/seancorfield/next-jdbc/tree/develop/doc) on GitHub if you want. Older versions of `next.jdbc` were published under the `seancorfield` group ID and you can find [older seancorfield/next.jdbc documentation on cljdoc.org](https://cljdoc.org/versions/seancorfield/next.jdbc).
+The documentation on GitHub is for **develop** since the 1.2.709 release -- [see the CHANGELOG](https://github.com/seancorfield/next-jdbc/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md) and then read the [corresponding updated documentation](https://github.com/seancorfield/next-jdbc/tree/develop/doc) on GitHub if you want. Older versions of `next.jdbc` were published under the `seancorfield` group ID and you can find [older seancorfield/next.jdbc documentation on cljdoc.org](https://cljdoc.org/versions/seancorfield/next.jdbc).
 
 This project follows the version scheme MAJOR.MINOR.COMMITS where MAJOR and MINOR provide some relative indication of the size of the change, but do not follow semantic versioning. In general, all changes endeavor to be non-breaking (by moving to new names rather than by breaking existing names). COMMITS is an ever-increasing counter of commits since the beginning of this repository.
 
diff --git a/build.clj b/build.clj
index 6206843..4014394 100644
--- a/build.clj
+++ b/build.clj
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 (ns build
   "next.jdbc's build script.
 
-  clojure -T:build run-tests
-
   clojure -T:build ci
+  clojure -T:build deploy
+
+  Run tests via:
+  clojure -X:test
 
   For more information, run:
 
diff --git a/doc/getting-started.md b/doc/getting-started.md
index 97b212d..5eeb75e 100644
--- a/doc/getting-started.md
+++ b/doc/getting-started.md
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ It is designed to work with Clojure 1.10 or later, supports `datafy`/`nav`, and
 You can add `next.jdbc` to your project with either:
 
 ```clojure
-com.github.seancorfield/next.jdbc {:mvn/version "1.2.689"}
+com.github.seancorfield/next.jdbc {:mvn/version "1.2.709"}
 ```
 for `deps.edn` or:
 
 ```clojure
-[com.github.seancorfield/next.jdbc "1.2.689"]
+[com.github.seancorfield/next.jdbc "1.2.709"]
 ```
 for `project.clj` or `build.boot`.
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ For the examples in this documentation, we will use a local H2 database on disk,
 ```clojure
 ;; deps.edn
 {:deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.10.3"}
-        com.github.seancorfield/next.jdbc {:mvn/version "1.2.689"}
+        com.github.seancorfield/next.jdbc {:mvn/version "1.2.709"}
         com.h2database/h2 {:mvn/version "1.4.199"}}}
 ```
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 308c59f..c812d40 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.github.seancorfield</groupId>
   <artifactId>next.jdbc</artifactId>
-  <version>1.2.689</version>
   <name>next.jdbc</name>
   <description>The next generation of clojure.java.jdbc: a new low-level Clojure wrapper for JDBC-based access to databases.</description>
   <url>https://github.com/seancorfield/next-jdbc</url>