diff --git a/ec2/spark_ec2.py b/ec2/spark_ec2.py
index 0ea7365d75b835a65ce92ad68b1944fa7d28c7b4..35209aec5fcfe4aae5ee1ea2eb8985e7418c49fa 100755
--- a/ec2/spark_ec2.py
+++ b/ec2/spark_ec2.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from optparse import OptionParser
 from sys import stderr
 
-SPARK_EC2_VERSION = "1.2.0"
+SPARK_EC2_VERSION = "1.2.1"
 SPARK_EC2_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 
 VALID_SPARK_VERSIONS = set([
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ VALID_SPARK_VERSIONS = set([
     "1.1.0",
     "1.1.1",
     "1.2.0",
+    "1.2.1",
 ])
 
 DEFAULT_SPARK_VERSION = SPARK_EC2_VERSION