diff --git a/main/Dockerfile b/main/Dockerfile
index 139db13..fc73109 100644
--- a/main/Dockerfile
+++ b/main/Dockerfile
@@ -75,18 +75,18 @@ LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="MariaDB Community" \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="GPL-2.0" \
       org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/MariaDB/mariadb-docker" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="MariaDB Community" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.version="12.0.0" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.version="12.1.0" \
       org.opencontainers.image.url="https://github.com/MariaDB/mariadb-docker"
 
 # bashbrew-architectures: amd64 arm64v8 ppc64le s390x
-ARG MARIADB_VERSION=1:12.0.0+maria~ubu2404
+ARG MARIADB_VERSION=1:12.1.0+maria~ubu2404
 ENV MARIADB_VERSION $MARIADB_VERSION
 # release-status:Alpha
 # release-support-type:Unknown
 # (https://downloads.mariadb.org/rest-api/mariadb/)
 
 # Allowing overriding of REPOSITORY, a URL that includes suite and component for testing and Enterprise Versions
-ARG REPOSITORY="http://archive.mariadb.org/mariadb-12.0.0/repo/ubuntu/ noble main main/debug"
+ARG REPOSITORY="http://archive.mariadb.org/mariadb-12.1.0/repo/ubuntu/ noble main main/debug"
 
 RUN set -e;\
 	echo "deb ${REPOSITORY}" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mariadb.list; \
diff --git a/main/docker-entrypoint.sh b/main/docker-entrypoint.sh
index a476416..9248553 100755
--- a/main/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/main/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ docker_create_db_directories() {
 }
 
 _mariadb_version() {
-	echo -n "12.0.0-MariaDB"
+	echo -n "12.1.0-MariaDB"
 }
 
 # initializes the database directory
diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
index a90ab6b..4145b56 100755
--- a/update.sh
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -Eeuo pipefail
 #
 
 development_version=main
-development_version_real=11.8
+development_version_real=12.1
 
 defaultSuite='noble'
 declare -A suites=(