diff --git a/config/default/manager_config_patch.yaml b/config/default/manager_config_patch.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index f6f5891..0000000
--- a/config/default/manager_config_patch.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  name: controller-manager
-  namespace: system
-spec:
-  template:
-    spec:
-      containers:
-      - name: manager
diff --git a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
index da06831..d6064fe 100644
--- a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
@@ -3,12 +3,9 @@ kind: Kustomization
 resources:
 - deployment.yaml
 images:
-- name: controller
-  newName: controller
-  newTag: latest
 - name: open-component-model/git-controller
   newName: ghcr.io/open-component-model/git-controller
-  newTag: latest
+  newTag: v0.12.1
 
 # Comment to disable HTTPS for the registry
 patches:
diff --git a/docs/release_notes/v0.12.1.md b/docs/release_notes/v0.12.1.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7e47ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/release_notes/v0.12.1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Release 0.12.1
+
+- fix: add the right version in the image overlay for the deployment
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/version/release.go b/pkg/version/release.go
index df92b12..313caa9 100644
--- a/pkg/version/release.go
+++ b/pkg/version/release.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 package version
 
 // ReleaseVersion is the version number in semver format "vX.Y.Z", prefixed with "v".
-var ReleaseVersion = "v0.12.0"
+var ReleaseVersion = "v0.12.1"
 
 // ReleaseCandidate is the release candidate ID in format "rc.X", which will be appended to the release version.
 var ReleaseCandidate = "rc.1"