diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1a122c6..ecf9e6c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -408,3 +408,7 @@
   - terraform-state
     - add application_mode, application_assume_roles
     - when application_mode is _true_, it creates tfstate and ddb for `name` to be used by application areas, not for infrastructure
+
+* 2.12.1 -- 2025-07-14
+  - examples/application-terraform-state
+    - add files for example application terraform state (will turn into submodule later)
diff --git a/common/version.tf b/common/version.tf
index c80a418..884dc04 100644
--- a/common/version.tf
+++ b/common/version.tf
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 locals {
-  _module_version = "2.12.0"
+  _module_version = "2.12.1"
 }