diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 198e8aef8..548c4f3c2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ features and system configuration!
 #### Quick-start – the short-short version
 
 ```bash
-$ kubectl apply -k https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/node-feature-discovery/deployment/overlays/default?ref=v0.12.0
+$ kubectl apply -k https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/node-feature-discovery/deployment/overlays/default?ref=v0.12.1
   namespace/node-feature-discovery created
   customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/nodefeaturerules.nfd.k8s-sigs.io created
   serviceaccount/nfd-master created
diff --git a/deployment/base/master-worker-combined/master-worker-daemonset.yaml b/deployment/base/master-worker-combined/master-worker-daemonset.yaml
index 976b51798..831a53c86 100644
--- a/deployment/base/master-worker-combined/master-worker-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/deployment/base/master-worker-combined/master-worker-daemonset.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ spec:
       tolerations: []
       containers:
       - name: nfd-master
-        image: registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.12.0
+        image: registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.12.1
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         livenessProbe:
           exec:
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ spec:
         command:
         - "nfd-master"
       - name: nfd-worker
-        image: registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.12.0
+        image: registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.12.1
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         command:
         - "nfd-worker"
diff --git a/deployment/base/master/master-deployment.yaml b/deployment/base/master/master-deployment.yaml
index 093693885..012770d5a 100644
--- a/deployment/base/master/master-deployment.yaml
+++ b/deployment/base/master/master-deployment.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ spec:
       tolerations: []
       containers:
         - name: nfd-master
-          image: registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.12.0
+          image: registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.12.1
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           livenessProbe:
             exec:
diff --git a/deployment/base/topologyupdater-daemonset/topologyupdater-daemonset.yaml b/deployment/base/topologyupdater-daemonset/topologyupdater-daemonset.yaml
index 565eef928..b5da1b0eb 100644
--- a/deployment/base/topologyupdater-daemonset/topologyupdater-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/deployment/base/topologyupdater-daemonset/topologyupdater-daemonset.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ spec:
       serviceAccount: nfd-topology-updater
       containers:
         - name: nfd-topology-updater
-          image: registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.12.0
+          image: registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.12.1
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           command:
             - "nfd-topology-updater"
diff --git a/deployment/base/worker-daemonset/worker-daemonset.yaml b/deployment/base/worker-daemonset/worker-daemonset.yaml
index f729d0328..a23329c2f 100644
--- a/deployment/base/worker-daemonset/worker-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/deployment/base/worker-daemonset/worker-daemonset.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ spec:
       dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
       containers:
         - name: nfd-worker
-          image: registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.12.0
+          image: registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.12.1
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           command:
             - "nfd-worker"
diff --git a/deployment/base/worker-job/worker-job.yaml b/deployment/base/worker-job/worker-job.yaml
index 98a31f9dc..2cd875db1 100644
--- a/deployment/base/worker-job/worker-job.yaml
+++ b/deployment/base/worker-job/worker-job.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ spec:
                       - nfd-worker
       containers:
         - name: nfd-worker
-          image: registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.12.0
+          image: registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.12.1
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           command:
             - "nfd-worker"
diff --git a/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/Chart.yaml b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/Chart.yaml
index 1c4e36f03..26d78c7a4 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/Chart.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 apiVersion: v2
-appVersion: v0.12.0
+appVersion: v0.12.1
 description: |
   Detects hardware features available on each node in a Kubernetes cluster, and advertises
   those features using node labels.
diff --git a/deployment/overlays/prune/master-job.yaml b/deployment/overlays/prune/master-job.yaml
index 8c3692c58..534595d85 100644
--- a/deployment/overlays/prune/master-job.yaml
+++ b/deployment/overlays/prune/master-job.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ spec:
       tolerations: []
       containers:
         - name: nfd-master
-          image: registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.12.0
+          image: registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.12.1
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           command:
             - "nfd-master"
diff --git a/docs/_config.yml b/docs/_config.yml
index 8493262ae..bd525ffbf 100644
--- a/docs/_config.yml
+++ b/docs/_config.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ scss: |
 # Release is the full released version number. Used to make external links to
 # point to the correct blobs in the Github repo. This is also the version shown
 # in the sidebar (top left corner of the page)
-release: v0.12.0
+release: v0.12.1
 
 # Container image which to point to in the documentation
-container_image: registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.12.0
+container_image: registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.12.1
diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
index 42d361480..a67b0249a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	dockerRepo = flag.String("nfd.repo", "registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery", "Docker repository to fetch image from")
-	dockerTag  = flag.String("nfd.tag", "v0.12.0", "Docker tag to use")
+	dockerTag  = flag.String("nfd.tag", "v0.12.1", "Docker tag to use")
 )
 
 // handleFlags sets up all flags and parses the command line.