diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7124e14..ac8fe20 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 > This project uses [Break Versioning](https://github.com/ptaoussanis/encore/blob/master/BREAK-VERSIONING.md) as of **Aug 16, 2014**.
 
+## v2.12.1 / 2016 Jul 26
+
+```clojure
+[com.taoensso/nippy "2.12.1"]
+```
+
+* **Hotfix**: thaw was missing support for deprecated serializable, record types [@rwilson]
+
 ## v2.12.0 / 2016 Jul 24
 
 ```clojure
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f784234..d8e8df5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 **[CHANGELOG]** | [API] | current [Break Version]:
 
 ```clojure
-[com.taoensso/nippy "2.12.0"] ; Please see CHANGELOG for details
+[com.taoensso/nippy "2.12.1"] ; Please see CHANGELOG for details
 ```
 
 > Please consider helping to [support my continued open-source Clojure/Script work]? 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Nippy is an attempt to provide a reliable, high-performance **drop-in alternativ
 Add the necessary dependency to your project:
 
 ```clojure
-[com.taoensso/nippy "2.12.0"]
+[com.taoensso/nippy "2.12.1"]
 ```
 
 And setup your namespace imports:
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 4715277..939b3f6 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "2.12.0"
+(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "2.12.1"
   :author "Peter Taoussanis <https://www.taoensso.com>"
   :description "High-performance serialization library for Clojure"
   :url "https://github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy"