diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index ca3a511..725a91f 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 3b5688e..3dcc9bc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 Entries from 12.1.1 on are generated by release-please from commit messages; earlier
 ones were written by hand.
 
+## [12.1.1](https://github.com/GetStream/getstream-ruby/compare/v12.1.0...v12.1.1) (2026-10-01)
+
+
+### Performance Improvements
+
+* raise the default connection pool size from 5 to 100 ([#97](https://github.com/GetStream/getstream-ruby/issues/97)) ([958dbbc](https://github.com/GetStream/getstream-ruby/commit/958dbbc71d7a14f5fdfd9451dfc7f75d4e0b92a7))
+
 ## [12.1.0] - 2026-09-10
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/lib/getstream_ruby/version.rb b/lib/getstream_ruby/version.rb
index 5aafd1e..590b0d6 100644
--- a/lib/getstream_ruby/version.rb
+++ b/lib/getstream_ruby/version.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 module GetStreamRuby
 
-  VERSION = '12.1.0'
+  VERSION = '12.1.1'
 
 end