diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4fc57d3..b7b729b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.12.1 - 2023-09-30
+
+* Fixes
+  * Nerves.Bootstrap would fail to start in some cases where the dependencies
+    had not been fetched and Nerves.Bootstrap would try to warn about the
+    `:nerves` version requirement. This check has been moved to
+    `deps.precompile` which happens after dependencies are fetched and also
+    helps halt the build process if the `:nerves` version requirement is not
+
 ## 1.12.0 - 2023-09-27
 
 * Potentially breaking changes
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 703e596..6d60fa3 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 defmodule Nerves.Bootstrap.MixProject do
   use Mix.Project
 
-  @version "1.12.0"
+  @version "1.12.1"
   @source_url "https://github.com/nerves-project/nerves_bootstrap"
 
   def project do