diff --git a/main-ubi/Dockerfile b/main-ubi/Dockerfile
index 56c1db6..dd52b0c 100644
--- a/main-ubi/Dockerfile
+++ b/main-ubi/Dockerfile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ COPY MariaDB.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/
 # https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_software_certification/2024/html/red_hat_openshift_software_certification_policy_guide/assembly-requirements-for-container-images_openshift-sw-cert-policy-introduction#con-image-metadata-requirements_openshift-sw-cert-policy-container-images
 LABEL name="MariaDB Server" \
 	vendor="MariaDB Community" \
-	version="12.0.0" \
+	version="12.1.0" \
 	release="Refer to Annotations org.opencontainers.image.{revision,source}" \
 	summary="MariaDB Database" \
 	description="MariaDB Database for relational SQL"
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ 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=12.0.0
+ARG MARIADB_VERSION=12.1.0
 ENV MARIADB_VERSION=$MARIADB_VERSION
 # release-status:Alpha
 # release-support-type:Unknown
diff --git a/main-ubi/docker-entrypoint.sh b/main-ubi/docker-entrypoint.sh
index a476416..9248553 100755
--- a/main-ubi/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/main-ubi/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