diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index d719a722..c3f14639 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.1.3"
+  ".": "1.2.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4a44b7ae..69a18bf8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.2.0](https://github.com/AustralianBioCommons/aai-backend/compare/v1.1.3...v1.2.0) (2026-04-07)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* better caching/fetching of JWKs from Auth0 ([#244](https://github.com/AustralianBioCommons/aai-backend/issues/244)) ([9bb0755](https://github.com/AustralianBioCommons/aai-backend/commit/9bb0755867f886200f6ee54a824cc9ca0acbd156))
+* update emails with branding template ([482c424](https://github.com/AustralianBioCommons/aai-backend/commit/482c42478bfc686b11437e8f69cea9a9e4bb6789))
+
 ## [1.1.3](https://github.com/AustralianBioCommons/aai-backend/compare/v1.1.2...v1.1.3) (2026-03-27)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7798cd79..2c9756cb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "aai-backend"
-version = "1.1.3"
+version = "1.2.0"
 description = "Add your description here"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.13"