diff --git a/tweepy/__init__.py b/tweepy/__init__.py
index bbc61251c..72b5315b4 100644
--- a/tweepy/__init__.py
+++ b/tweepy/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 """
 Tweepy Twitter API library
 """
-__version__ = '4.12.0'
+__version__ = '4.12.1'
 __author__ = 'Joshua Roesslein'
 __license__ = 'MIT'