diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 87f5de0..0607391 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.12.1"
+  ".": "1.12.2"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8e4d37c..768c32b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
+### 1.12.2 (2024-12-19)
+
+#### Bug Fixes
+
+* GCECredentials lazily fetches from the metadata server to ensure a universe domain is known ([#509](https://github.com/googleapis/google-auth-library-ruby/issues/509)) 
+
 ### 1.12.1 (2024-12-17)
 
 #### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/lib/googleauth/version.rb b/lib/googleauth/version.rb
index 1f61510..f34c996 100644
--- a/lib/googleauth/version.rb
+++ b/lib/googleauth/version.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ module Google
   # Module Auth provides classes that provide Google-specific authorization
   # used to access Google APIs.
   module Auth
-    VERSION = "1.12.1".freeze
+    VERSION = "1.12.2".freeze
   end
 end