diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 911aba526..f7db62c89 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,30 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+1.2.0 (2023-10-13)
+------------------
+
+Features
+
+* Add support to model versioning available since dbt 1.6 by @binhnq94 in #516
+* Add AWS Athena profile mapping by @benjamin-awd in #578
+* Support customizing how dbt nodes are converted to Airflow by @tatiana in #503
+* Make the arg ``dbt_project_path`` in the ``ProjectConfig`` optional by @MrBones757 in #581
+
+Bug fixes
+
+* Fix Cosmos custom selector to support filtering a single model by @jlaneve and @harels in #576
+* Fix using ``GoogleCloudServiceAccountDictProfileMapping`` together with ``LoadMethod.DBT_LS`` by @joppevos in #587
+* Fix using the ``full_refresh`` argument in projects that contain tests by @EgorSemenov and @tatiana in #590
+* Stop creating symbolic links for ``dbt_packages`` (solves ``LocalExecutor`` concurrency issue) by @tatiana in #600
+
+Others
+
+* Docs: add reference to original Jaffle Shop project by @erdos2n in #583
+* Docs: retries & note about DagBag error by @TJaniF in #592
+* pre-commit updates in #575 and #585
+
+
 1.1.3 (2023-09-28)
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/cosmos/__init__.py b/cosmos/__init__.py
index 70b272a97..38fc2e2f1 100644
--- a/cosmos/__init__.py
+++ b/cosmos/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 Contains dags, task groups, and operators.
 """
-__version__ = "1.2.0a1"
+__version__ = "1.2.0"
 
 from cosmos.airflow.dag import DbtDag
 from cosmos.airflow.task_group import DbtTaskGroup
diff --git a/cosmos/dbt/graph.py b/cosmos/dbt/graph.py
index af41770fc..889948fdd 100644
--- a/cosmos/dbt/graph.py
+++ b/cosmos/dbt/graph.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def load_via_dbt_ls(self) -> None:
                 # This allows us to run the dbt command from within the temporary directory, outputting any necessary
                 # artifact and also allow us to run `dbt deps`
                 tmpdir_path = Path(tmpdir)
-                ignore_paths = (DBT_LOG_DIR_NAME, DBT_TARGET_DIR_NAME, "profiles.yml")
+                ignore_paths = (DBT_LOG_DIR_NAME, DBT_TARGET_DIR_NAME, "dbt_packages", "profiles.yml")
                 for child_name in os.listdir(self.project.dir):
                     if child_name not in ignore_paths:
                         os.symlink(self.project.dir / child_name, tmpdir_path / child_name)