diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d5f0f99..ada1a3d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 # idb-connector changelog
+## 1.2.11
+- [build] rebuild idb-connector with GCC10 to support Node.js v16.x (#141)
+- [fix] UTF-8 data not properly formed error (#129)
+
 ## 1.2.10
 - [test] add test case for the input parameter truncation issue (#127)
 - [dbstmt] detect data length first to fix the messcode issue (#123)
diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index 173f061..23ec047 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@
                 'ldflags': [ 
                   '-Wl,-bbigtoc', 
                   '-Wl,-brtl', 
-                  '-Wl,-blibpath:/QOpenSys/pkgs/lib:/QOpenSys/usr/lib:/opt/freeware/lib'
+                  '-Wl,-blibpath:/QOpenSys/pkgs/lib:/QOpenSys/usr/lib'
                 ],
                 'link_settings': {
                   'libraries': [
-                    '-L/QOpenSys/pkgs/lib:/QOpenSys/usr/lib:/opt/freeware/lib',
+                    '-L/QOpenSys/pkgs/lib:/QOpenSys/usr/lib',
                     '-ldb400'
                   ],
                 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3f0f397..7dfbc0f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "idb-connector",
-  "version": "1.2.10",
+  "version": "1.2.11",
   "description": "A Node.js DB2 driver for IBM i",
   "os": [
     "aix"