diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index e939560f..f7b7edff 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.12.4"
+  ".": "0.12.5"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f5bd2986..4efed15d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.12.5](https://github.com/minekube/connect-java/compare/0.12.4...0.12.5) (2026-07-27)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* fail releases without published build artifacts ([#69](https://github.com/minekube/connect-java/issues/69)) ([8f0a274](https://github.com/minekube/connect-java/commit/8f0a27472f096074e58182493a416f54ef4e89dd))
+
 ## [0.12.4](https://github.com/minekube/connect-java/compare/0.12.3...0.12.4) (2026-07-26)