diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 5fdd883..c3f1463 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.1.0"
+  ".": "1.2.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 481455e..7ee02d0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,29 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.2.0](https://github.com/espressif/esp-mqtt/compare/v1.1.0...v1.2.0) (2026-10-01)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Adds a state to reported states to differentiate init ([078081e](https://github.com/espressif/esp-mqtt/commit/078081edcc2613c46f2e5d36beb1699db6c7f9aa)), closes [#307](https://github.com/espressif/esp-mqtt/issues/307)
+* Adds an event reporting PING related control messages ([7e52c2e](https://github.com/espressif/esp-mqtt/commit/7e52c2eba1fa8d364402bce20f9b823da533edc6)), closes [#334](https://github.com/espressif/esp-mqtt/issues/334)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Avoid keep the client locked in reconnection if stop is requested ([c29cdda](https://github.com/espressif/esp-mqtt/commit/c29cdda15f2812207a5740e7ec8f6efdd59d8e77))
+* Examples to use available mosquitto broker ([6694e60](https://github.com/espressif/esp-mqtt/commit/6694e60134ccffc3e36599c4468373140af455aa))
+* **mqtt_utils:** Include stdint.h for intptr_t ([b78aeb3](https://github.com/espressif/esp-mqtt/commit/b78aeb33dfd0405808293eeb35ee12aacef66f8e))
+* **mqtt5:** Prevent OOB read from mqtt 5 property ([bfa16b9](https://github.com/espressif/esp-mqtt/commit/bfa16b9236f44443dba7b46e834a477d380ec759))
+* Prevent overwriting properties from multiple tasks ([e21ebb3](https://github.com/espressif/esp-mqtt/commit/e21ebb3e8d284106bd82747e29f893a843155b96))
+* Rejects NULL properties in the mqtt5 functions ([6ccf20d](https://github.com/espressif/esp-mqtt/commit/6ccf20d40e6e9e8ebe3eb519bb68425e4c808efb))
+* Small getter bug for empty paylods ([22d69fe](https://github.com/espressif/esp-mqtt/commit/22d69feaea41adfa99b069f2233757f7cf1fd2b7))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Fix documentation formatting to improve reading ([5dc88a6](https://github.com/espressif/esp-mqtt/commit/5dc88a64920205fe148f6fcb0d2d61ca751b3c6e)), closes [#336](https://github.com/espressif/esp-mqtt/issues/336)
+
 ## [1.1.0](https://github.com/espressif/esp-mqtt/compare/v1.0.0...v1.1.0) (2026-07-30)
 
 
diff --git a/idf_component.yml b/idf_component.yml
index a3bc571..da1bce7 100644
--- a/idf_component.yml
+++ b/idf_component.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: mqtt
-version: 1.1.0
+version: 1.2.0
 description: >-
   ESP-MQTT - A robust MQTT client library for ESP32 microcontrollers supporting
   MQTT 3.1.1 and 5.0 protocols with multiple transport layers