diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1d4ba0a..0b56072 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## v0.12.1 (2023-09-02)
+
+### Fix
+
+- **notes**: preserve file encoding when writing to filesystem (#59)
+
 ## v0.12.0 (2023-05-17)
 
 ### Feat
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4957110..bf1e761 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     name        = "obsidian-metadata"
     readme      = "README.md"
     repository  = "https://github.com/natelandau/obsidian-metadata"
-    version     = "0.12.0"
+    version     = "0.12.1"
 
     [tool.poetry.scripts] # https://python-poetry.org/docs/pyproject/#scripts
         obsidian-metadata = "obsidian_metadata.cli:app"
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     changelog_incremental    = true
     tag_format               = "v$version"
     update_changelog_on_bump = true
-    version                  = "0.12.0"
+    version                  = "0.12.1"
     version_files            = ["pyproject.toml:version", "src/obsidian_metadata/__version__.py:__version__"]
 
 [tool.coverage.report] # https://coverage.readthedocs.io/en/latest/config.html#report
diff --git a/src/obsidian_metadata/__version__.py b/src/obsidian_metadata/__version__.py
index 8d1dd0d..50e4ed1 100644
--- a/src/obsidian_metadata/__version__.py
+++ b/src/obsidian_metadata/__version__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 """obsidian-metadata version."""
-__version__ = "0.12.0"
+__version__ = "0.12.1"