diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ffe3154e..ffd72b41 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## unreleased
 
+## 0.12.1 - 2023-02-15
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - Allow `ChatJoinRequest` updates
@@ -16,6 +18,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - `Update::filter_chat_join_request`
 - `sqlite-storage-rustls` feature, that allows using sqlite storage without `native-tls`
 
+### Changed
+
+- Updated `teloxide-core` to v0.9.1; see its [changelog](https://github.com/teloxide/teloxide/blob/master/crates/teloxide-core/CHANGELOG.md#091---2023-02-15) for more
+
 ## 0.12.0 - 2023-01-17
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/crates/teloxide/Cargo.toml b/crates/teloxide/Cargo.toml
index 5aadc2b3..a0ee5364 100644
--- a/crates/teloxide/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/teloxide/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "teloxide"
-version = "0.12.0"
+version = "0.12.1"
 description = "An elegant Telegram bots framework for Rust"
 
 rust-version.workspace = true