diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 4bccfbfd..0a136dcc 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ authors:
     given-names: Ben J.
     orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0670-7480
 title: "Bin Chicken: targeted recovery of low abundance metagenome assembled genomes through intelligent coassembly"
-version: 0.12.3
+version: 0.12.4
 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.10511708
 date-released: 2024-08-30
diff --git a/binchicken/__init__.py b/binchicken/__init__.py
index 8e1395bd..6dd4954d 100644
--- a/binchicken/__init__.py
+++ b/binchicken/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.12.3"
+__version__ = "0.12.4"