diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c263aee..392273d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,21 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 See [Conventional Commits](https://conventionalcommits.org) for commit guidelines.
 
-# [4.12.1]() (Upcoming)
+# [4.12.2]() (Upcoming)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* 
+
+### Features
+
+* bump snapshot version to 4.12.2 [#113](https://github.com/hyperledger/web3j-evm/pull/113)
+
+### BREAKING CHANGES
+
+*
+
+# [4.12.1](https://github.com/hyperledger/web3j-evm/releases/tag/v4.12.1) (2024-08-15)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e15b5bf..57c9c71 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation "org.web3j:core:4.12.0"
-    implementation "org.web3j:web3j-evm:4.12.0"
+    implementation "org.web3j:core:4.12.1"
+    implementation "org.web3j:web3j-evm:4.12.1"
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6132d1b..d2f9e90 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ plugins {
 description 'Web3j-evm extension'
 
 ext {
-    web3jVersion = '4.12.0'
+    web3jVersion = '4.12.1'
     log4jVersion = '2.23.1'
     guavaVersion = '33.2.0-jre'
     jacksonVersion = '2.10.0'
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index cab1f33..f4bd5a9 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 kotlin.code.style=official
 group=org.web3j
-version=4.12.1-SNAPSHOT
\ No newline at end of file
+version=4.12.2-SNAPSHOT
\ No newline at end of file