diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index a915e8c..001eb2c 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.1.1"
+  ".": "0.1.2"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5baac0e..7dc9615 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.1.2](https://github.com/carbynestack/caliper/compare/caliper-v0.1.1...caliper-v0.1.2) (2023-07-26)
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* adding convential-commits badge to the README ([#7](https://github.com/carbynestack/caliper/issues/7)) ([259ba9f](https://github.com/carbynestack/caliper/commit/259ba9fc248db7eccf4ea6bf26f707b99b75c3ab))
+
 ## [0.1.1](https://github.com/carbynestack/caliper/compare/caliper-v0.1.0...caliper-v0.1.1) (2023-07-26)
 
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 863d46b..802717f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.gatling-plugin</groupId>
     <artifactId>caliper</artifactId>
-    <version>0.1.1</version>
+    <version>0.1.2</version>
     <name>Carbynestack Gatling-Plugin</name>
     <description>A plugin for the gatling load-test-as-code tool</description>
     <licenses>