diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 91a9693..a5c9728 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 # Change Log
 
+<!-- latest_release 2.12.1 -->
+## [v2.12.1](/~https://github.com/chef/kitchen-vcenter/tree/v2.12.1) (2025-02-25)
+
+#### Merged Pull Requests
+- updating to newer images for tests [#181](/~https://github.com/chef/kitchen-vcenter/pull/181) ([sean-simmons-progress](/~https://github.com/sean-simmons-progress))
 <!-- latest_release -->
-<!-- latest_release -->
-<!-- release_rollup -->
+<!-- release_rollup since=2.12.0 -->
+### Changes not yet released to rubygems.org
+
+#### Merged Pull Requests
+- updating to newer images for tests [#181](/~https://github.com/chef/kitchen-vcenter/pull/181) ([sean-simmons-progress](/~https://github.com/sean-simmons-progress)) <!-- 2.12.1 -->
 <!-- release_rollup -->
 
 <!-- latest_stable_release -->
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 3ca2c9b..44b38b2 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.12.0
\ No newline at end of file
+2.12.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/kitchen-vcenter/version.rb b/lib/kitchen-vcenter/version.rb
index b96330a..a2b8f65 100644
--- a/lib/kitchen-vcenter/version.rb
+++ b/lib/kitchen-vcenter/version.rb
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@
 # The main kitchen-vcenter module
 module KitchenVcenter
   # The version of this version of test-kitchen we assume enterprises want.
-  VERSION = "2.12.0"
+  VERSION = "2.12.1"
 end