diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 41c2c8154a..1d8795b06a 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "12.2.0"
+    ".": "12.2.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4a83b4dfcd..1b00027d0f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [12.2.1](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/compare/v12.2.0...v12.2.1) (2026-03-23)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Switch to URL instead of url.resolve ([#3256](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues/3256)) ([#3263](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues/3263)) ([46d7576](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/commit/46d75768018d10dc4b5693b35cf58f502425cbbe))
+
+
+### Core
+
+* **deps-dev:** bump neostandard from 0.12.2 to 0.13.0 ([#3289](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues/3289)) ([19da158](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/commit/19da1583b3876dce8c97263b168d9dfef637b76b))
+* improve Add-Type with -IgnoreWarnings ([#3280](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues/3280)) ([1381458](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/commit/13814583a476c85a84d5ac902c7ffa310120cb88))
+
 ## [12.2.0](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/compare/v12.1.0...v12.2.0) (2026-01-26)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 71e0790043..f9e13f6aa5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "bindings",
     "gyp"
   ],
-  "version": "12.2.0",
+  "version": "12.2.1",
   "installVersion": 11,
   "author": "Nathan Rajlich <nathan@tootallnate.net> (http://tootallnate.net)",
   "repository": {