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 <25355197+provinzkraut@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 16:39:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] v2.12.1

---
 docs/release-notes/changelog.rst | 13 +++++++++++++
 pyproject.toml                   |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/release-notes/changelog.rst b/docs/release-notes/changelog.rst
index c03374a813..8a22693cb6 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/release-notes/changelog.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,19 @@
 2.x Changelog
 =============
 
+
+.. changelog:: 2.12.1
+    :date: 2024-09-21
+
+    .. change:: Fix base package requiring ``annotated_types`` dependency
+        :type: bugfix
+        :pr: 3750
+        :issue: 3749
+
+        Fix a bug introduced in #3721 that was released with ``2.12.0`` caused an
+        :exc:`ImportError` when the ``annotated_types`` package was not installed.
+
+
 .. changelog:: 2.12.0
     :date: 2024-09-21
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0a52cefcbe..fdf58954a4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ maintainers = [
 name = "litestar"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.8,<4.0"
-version = "2.12.0"
+version = "2.12.1"
 
 [project.urls]
 Blog = "https://blog.litestar.dev"