diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 34484f2..a241932 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
           VALIDATE_GRAPHQL_PRETTIER: true
           VALIDATE_HTML_PRETTIER: true
           VALIDATE_JAVASCRIPT_PRETTIER: true
-          VALIDATE_JSON_PRETTIER: true
+          # VALIDATE_JSON_PRETTIER: true
           VALIDATE_JSX_PRETTIER: true
           # VALIDATE_MARKDOWN_PRETTIER: true => disabling because its annoying and doesn't respect anything
           # VALIDATE_NATURAL_LANGUAGE: true
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 0967ef4..a99f84a 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{}
+{ ".": "1.2.0" }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 73b25f7..07a1dd0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.2.0](https://github.com/theholocron/nextjs-template/compare/v1.1.0...v1.2.0) (2024-11-08)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add in release bot ([#12](https://github.com/theholocron/nextjs-template/issues/12)) ([ed86830](https://github.com/theholocron/nextjs-template/commit/ed868308897147bb73a0cdd08a95bd3af4309440))
+
 ## [1.1.0](https://github.com/theholocron/nextjs-template/compare/v1.0.1...v1.1.0) (2024-11-08)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 71b2259..fb78c34 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@theholocron/nextjs-template",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@theholocron/nextjs-template",
-      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "version": "1.2.0",
       "license": "GPL-3.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@next/bundle-analyzer": "^15.0.3",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5998805..cee37b7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@theholocron/nextjs-template",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "description": "<description>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/theholocron/nextjs-template#readme",
   "bugs": {