diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 449f965..2c6d571 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,24 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.12.1] - 2024-10-15
+
+### <!-- 0 -->Added
+
+- Add `ForwardMessageSendSync` request trait (#65)
+
+### <!-- 3 -->Fixed
+
+- Actor lifecycle error handling when `on_start` errors [</>](https://github.com/tqwewe/kameo/commit/5eb9249ff2f0ca8d450f6da33eb9f9021c93734d)
+
+### <!-- 4 -->Documentation
+
+- Add FAQ to book about reasons for actors stopping [</>](https://github.com/tqwewe/kameo/commit/5094e92ab0c4a89c05635c33380a4c2e1b41af8d)
+
+### <!-- 5 -->Misc
+
+- Ignore alpha and beta tags in cliff.toml [</>](https://github.com/tqwewe/kameo/commit/880f667a54789809566a68d5cab9f0f1f8955355)
+
 ## [0.12.0] - 2024-10-11
 
 * @shusvr made their first contribution in #60
@@ -347,7 +365,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Add support for stable rust [</>](https://github.com/tqwewe/kameo/commit/0d3e66c47ab04d435bf44c356b1e0ff53f78e43e)
 
-[0.12.0]: https://github.com/tqwewe/kameo/compare/v0.12.0-alpha.1..0.12.0
+[0.12.1]: https://github.com/tqwewe/kameo/compare/v0.12.0..0.12.1
+[0.12.0]: https://github.com/tqwewe/kameo/compare/v0.11.0..0.12.0
 [0.11.0]: https://github.com/tqwewe/kameo/compare/v0.10.0..v0.11.0
 [0.10.0]: https://github.com/tqwewe/kameo/compare/v0.9.0..v0.10.0
 [0.9.0]: https://github.com/tqwewe/kameo/compare/v0.8.1..v0.9.0
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 82e0d01..f03eef2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ all-features = true
 [package]
 name = "kameo"
 description = "Fault-tolerant Async Actors Built on Tokio"
-version = "0.12.0"
+version = "0.12.1"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.79"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ keywords = ["actor", "tokio"]
 remote = ["dep:libp2p", "dep:libp2p-identity", "dep:linkme", "dep:rmp-serde", "dep:internment"]
 
 [dependencies]
-kameo_macros = { version = "0.12.0", path = "./macros" }
+kameo_macros = { version = "0.12.1", path = "./macros" }
 
 dyn-clone = "1.0"
 futures = "0.3"
diff --git a/macros/Cargo.toml b/macros/Cargo.toml
index e89996d..102b5aa 100644
--- a/macros/Cargo.toml
+++ b/macros/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "kameo_macros"
 description = "Fault-tolerant Async Actors Built on Tokio macros"
-version = "0.12.0"
+version = "0.12.1"
 readme = "../README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/tqwewe/kameo"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"