diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b5ef21441..0dac1995f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bootc-lib"
-version = "1.1.8"
+version = "1.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
diff --git a/lib/Cargo.toml b/lib/Cargo.toml
index db91f4d9f..c6c507ecd 100644
--- a/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 name = "bootc-lib"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/containers/bootc"
-version = "1.1.8"
+# The intention is we'll follow semver here, even though this
+# project isn't actually published as a crate.
+version = "1.2.0"
 # In general we try to keep this pinned to what's in the latest RHEL9.
 # However right now, we bumped to 1.82 as that's what composefs-rs uses.
 rust-version = "1.82.0"