diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b602d22dad8..82015acca35 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### [1.12.8](https://www.github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/compare/v1.12.7...v1.12.8) (2020-11-18)
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* add httplib2 authorization to thread_safety ([#1005](https://www.github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/issues/1005)) ([205ae59](https://www.github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/commit/205ae5988bd89676823088d6c8a7bd17e3beefcf)), closes [#808](https://www.github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/issues/808) [#808](https://www.github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/issues/808)
+
 ### [1.12.7](https://www.github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/compare/v1.12.6...v1.12.7) (2020-11-17)
 
 
diff --git a/docs/thread_safety.md b/docs/thread_safety.md
index 50bfad05bf5..69f369e21ca 100644
--- a/docs/thread_safety.md
+++ b/docs/thread_safety.md
@@ -9,14 +9,20 @@ The google-api-python-client library is built on top of the [httplib2](https://g
 The easiest way to provide threads with their own `httplib2.Http()` instances is to either override the construction of it within the service object or to pass an instance via the http argument to method calls.
 
 ```python
+import google.auth
+import googleapiclient
+import google_auth_httplib2
+import httplib2
+from googleapiclient import discovery
+
 # Create a new Http() object for every request
 def build_request(http, *args, **kwargs):
-  new_http = httplib2.Http()
-  return apiclient.http.HttpRequest(new_http, *args, **kwargs)
-service = build('api_name', 'api_version', requestBuilder=build_request)
+  new_htpp = google_auth_httplib2.AuthorizedHttp(credentials, http=httplib2.Http())
+  return googleapiclient.http.HttpRequest(new_http, *args, **kwargs)
+service = discovery.build('api_name', 'api_version', requestBuilder=build_request)
 
 # Pass in a new Http() manually for every request
-service = build('api_name', 'api_version')
-http = httplib2.Http()
+service = discovery.build('api_name', 'api_version')
+http = google_auth_httplib2.AuthorizedHttp(credentials, http=httplib2.Http())
 service.stamps().list().execute(http=http)
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f0ff03fa122..bf0a8f42131 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 with io.open(readme_filename, encoding="utf-8") as readme_file:
     readme = readme_file.read()
 
-version = "1.12.7"
+version = "1.12.8"
 
 setup(
     name="google-api-python-client",