diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index a09efe7..87f5de0 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.12.0"
+  ".": "1.12.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2d40ac7..8649aff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to artemis are documented here. Format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/); versioning follows [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html) with the pre-1.0 caveat noted in `docs/RELEASING.md`.
 
+## [1.12.1](https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/artemis/compare/v1.12.0...v1.12.1) (2026-09-09)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deploy:** claim the deploy id at init ([c009554](https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/artemis/commit/c009554f4612e85d9399488fade546d87b622b1d))
+
 ## [1.12.0](https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/artemis/compare/v1.11.0...v1.12.0) (2026-09-09)
 
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 0eed1a2..f8f4f03 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.12.0
+1.12.1