diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 53ccb9c0..1476c87e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 > This project uses [Break Versioning](https://github.com/ptaoussanis/encore/blob/master/BREAK-VERSIONING.md) as of **Aug 16, 2014**.
 
+## v5.1.2 / 2021 Feb 5
+
+```clojure
+[com.taoensso/timbre "5.1.2"]
+```
+
+> This is a **minor hotfix release**.  
+> See [here](https://github.com/ptaoussanis/encore#recommended-steps-after-any-significant-dependency-update) for recommended steps when updating any Clojure/Script dependencies.
+
+### Fixes since `v5.1.1`
+
+- [#334] `spit-appender`: updated fix for GraalVM verifier (@ericdallo)
+- [#326] workaround for unnecessary dev deps being pulled in
+
+
 ## v5.1.1 / 2021 Jan 31
 
 ```clojure
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 516d62b8..b59fd8e5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 **[CHANGELOG]** | [API] | current [Break Version]:
 
 ```clojure
-[com.taoensso/timbre "5.1.1"] ; See CHANGELOG for details
+[com.taoensso/timbre "5.1.2"] ; See CHANGELOG for details
 ```
 
 <!-- ![build status](https://github.com/ptaoussanis/timbre/workflows/build/badge.svg?branch=master) -->
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ Your link here?          | **PR's welcome!**
 Add the necessary dependency to your project:
 
 ```clojure
-Leiningen: [com.taoensso/timbre "5.1.1"] ; or
-deps.edn:   com.taoensso/timbre {:mvn/version "5.1.1"}
+Leiningen: [com.taoensso/timbre "5.1.2"] ; or
+deps.edn:   com.taoensso/timbre {:mvn/version "5.1.2"}
 ```
 
 And setup your namespace imports:
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 4b79edbd..0f280586 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso/timbre "5.1.1"
+(defproject com.taoensso/timbre "5.1.2"
   :author "Peter Taoussanis <https://www.taoensso.com>"
   :description "Pure Clojure/Script logging library"
   :url "https://github.com/ptaoussanis/timbre"