diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 4899c67643..3e6a232bf2 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "12.1.0"
+    ".": "12.1.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2bdec2cc6b..d1e15148f3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [12.1.1](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/compare/v12.1.0...v12.1.1) (2025-11-21)
+
+
+### Core
+
+* **deps:** bump actions/checkout from 5 to 6 ([#3248](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues/3248)) ([db5385c](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/commit/db5385c5467e5bfb914b9954f0313c46f1f4e10d))
+
 ## [12.1.0](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/compare/v12.0.0...v12.1.0) (2025-11-12)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ae60687844..d126f44b2d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "bindings",
     "gyp"
   ],
-  "version": "12.1.0",
+  "version": "12.1.1",
   "installVersion": 11,
   "author": "Nathan Rajlich <nathan@tootallnate.net> (http://tootallnate.net)",
   "repository": {