diff --git a/pkg/qcbor/Makefile b/pkg/qcbor/Makefile
index 8d36810c209a..29bb57f0bc85 100644
--- a/pkg/qcbor/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/qcbor/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PKG_NAME    = qcbor
 PKG_URL     = https://github.com/laurencelundblade/QCBOR
-# Commit on Mar 9, 2020
-PKG_VERSION = 7e8effa94174c33e4acaf737adf6aef16c092c49
+# v1.2
+PKG_VERSION = 92d3f89030baff4af7be8396c563e6c8ef263622
 PKG_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 
 include $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/pkg.mk
diff --git a/pkg/qcbor/Makefile.include b/pkg/qcbor/Makefile.include
index b5f3f397ea3d..9c8306da6c19 100644
--- a/pkg/qcbor/Makefile.include
+++ b/pkg/qcbor/Makefile.include
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 INCLUDES += -I$(PKGDIRBASE)/qcbor/inc
+INCLUDES += -I$(PKGDIRBASE)/qcbor/inc/qcbor
diff --git a/pkg/qcbor/doc.txt b/pkg/qcbor/doc.txt
index 9f192a0a4171..6e309c3b28d0 100644
--- a/pkg/qcbor/doc.txt
+++ b/pkg/qcbor/doc.txt
@@ -13,4 +13,16 @@
  * USEPKG += qcbor
  * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  *
- */
\ No newline at end of file
+ * Disabling features
+ * ------------------
+ *
+ * As explained in the [README](https://github.com/laurencelundblade/QCBOR#disabling-features), qcbor
+ * provides options to disable some features and reduce code size.
+ * Just add them to `CFLAGS` in the application `Makefile` or directly to the command line.
+ * For example, in the command line:
+ *
+ * ```
+ * CFLAGS="-DQCBOR_DISABLE_INDEFINITE_LENGTH_STRINGS" BOARD=samr21-xpro make -C tests/pkg_qcbor
+ * ```
+ *
+ */