diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 9259d40..6c52422 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "12.0.0"
+  ".": "12.0.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 195c3f9..f5e8c2d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [12.0.1](https://github.com/npm/npm-package-arg/compare/v12.0.0...v12.0.1) (2024-12-10)
+### Bug Fixes
+* [`ea07a6e`](https://github.com/npm/npm-package-arg/commit/ea07a6edc71caae4db9342f90e03457edbb7bb24) [#197](https://github.com/npm/npm-package-arg/pull/197) allow for git usernames that start with a number (#197) (@wraithgar)
+### Chores
+* [`41aa799`](https://github.com/npm/npm-package-arg/commit/41aa799ee562f97d4bef48d0d08be8d4320bb219) [#196](https://github.com/npm/npm-package-arg/pull/196) bump @npmcli/template-oss from 4.23.3 to 4.23.4 (#196) (@dependabot[bot], @npm-cli-bot)
+
 ## [12.0.0](https://github.com/npm/npm-package-arg/compare/v11.0.3...v12.0.0) (2024-09-25)
 ### ⚠️ BREAKING CHANGES
 * `npm-package-arg` now supports node `^18.17.0 || >=20.5.0`
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d807039..ab285eb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "npm-package-arg",
-  "version": "12.0.0",
+  "version": "12.0.1",
   "description": "Parse the things that can be arguments to `npm install`",
   "main": "./lib/npa.js",
   "directories": {