diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index c3f1463..41ea87d 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.2.0"
+  ".": "1.2.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 040990b..9051bf1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to the LaunchDarkly SSE Client for Python will be documented in this file. This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org).
 
+## [1.2.1](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-eventsource/compare/1.2.0...1.2.1) (2024-12-23)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Ensure blocking read stream can be shutdown ([#37](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-eventsource/issues/37)) ([58c4702](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-eventsource/commit/58c4702f0920c0df1d188f79ec8b9fc018f00ae1))
+
 ## [1.2.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-eventsource/compare/1.1.1...1.2.0) (2024-04-04)
 
 
diff --git a/ld_eventsource/version.py b/ld_eventsource/version.py
index 6798bd9..12a03d2 100644
--- a/ld_eventsource/version.py
+++ b/ld_eventsource/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION = "1.2.0"  # x-release-please-version
+VERSION = "1.2.1"  # x-release-please-version
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c4eeb53..0db4dc2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "launchdarkly-eventsource"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.2.1"
 description = "LaunchDarkly SSE Client"
 authors = ["LaunchDarkly <dev@launchdarkly.com>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"