diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4ebc36bb..1bdc9b1c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fractal"
-version = "12.0.0"
+version = "12.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "aperture",
  "ashpd",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 00c609e3..53503cb0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "fractal"
-version = "12.0.0"
+version = "12.1.0"
 authors = ["Julian Sparber <julian@sparber.net>"]
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.85"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f951a1e3..1c924087 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ development version while keeping the stable release around for daily use.
 
 ### Stable version
 
-The current stable version is 12 (released August 11th 2025).
+The current stable version is 12.1 (released August 26th 2025).
 
 You can get the official Fractal Flatpak from Flathub.
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ You can get the official Fractal Flatpak from Flathub.
 
 ### Beta version
 
-The current beta version is 12 (same as stable).
+The current beta version is 12.1 (same as stable).
 
 It is available as a Flatpak on Flathub Beta.
 
diff --git a/data/org.gnome.Fractal.metainfo.xml.in.in b/data/org.gnome.Fractal.metainfo.xml.in.in
index 5456d09b..73dce692 100644
--- a/data/org.gnome.Fractal.metainfo.xml.in.in
+++ b/data/org.gnome.Fractal.metainfo.xml.in.in
@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@
   </content_rating>
 
   <releases>@development-release@
+    <release version="12.1" type="stable" date="2025-08-26">
+      <description>
+        <p>
+          Our latest stable release had a regression where sending media with the unauthenticated
+          endpoints was failing. This new release fixes it, and provides a couple other papercut
+          fixes.
+        </p>
+      </description>
+    </release>
     <release version="12" type="stable" date="2025-08-11">
       <description>
         <p>
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 982f0531..2167e0b7 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project('fractal',
         'rust',
-        version: '12',
+        version: '12.1',
         license: 'GPL-3.0-or-later',
         meson_version: '>= 1.1')
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ gnome = import('gnome')
 base_id = 'org.gnome.Fractal'
 application_id = base_id
 
-major_version = '12'
+major_version = '12.1'
 pre_release_version = ''
 
 version = major_version