diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0c5cacb..cc8d6e1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## [1.2.1] - 2026-01-06
+
+* Fixed: --force-keep now applies to timestamp subdirectories inside each backup-docker-to-local folder instead of skipping entire backup folders.
+
+
 ## [1.2.0] - 2025-12-31
 
 * Adds a force keep N option to all mode to skip the most recent backups during cleanup, with Docker based E2E tests ensuring the latest backups are preserved.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 20ba2c2..70c7cb9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "cleanback"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.2.1"
 description = "Cleanup Failed Docker Backups — parallel validator (using dirval)"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"