diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 7a48e52..ed32022 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.12.0"
+  ".": "2.12.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a926cdf..e9c49bf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-redis/#history
 
+## [2.12.1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-redis/compare/v2.12.0...v2.12.1) (2023-03-23)
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Fix formatting of request arg in docstring ([#255](https://github.com/googleapis/python-redis/issues/255)) ([7586aa5](https://github.com/googleapis/python-redis/commit/7586aa5d4c1ee9397f3a2a57f443facfbab621c2))
+
 ## [2.12.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-redis/compare/v2.11.1...v2.12.0) (2023-02-28)
 
 
diff --git a/google/cloud/redis/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/redis/gapic_version.py
index 16ae0e9..aa9b96f 100644
--- a/google/cloud/redis/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/redis/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.12.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.12.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/google/cloud/redis_v1/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/redis_v1/gapic_version.py
index 16ae0e9..aa9b96f 100644
--- a/google/cloud/redis_v1/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/redis_v1/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.12.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.12.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/google/cloud/redis_v1beta1/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/redis_v1beta1/gapic_version.py
index 16ae0e9..aa9b96f 100644
--- a/google/cloud/redis_v1beta1/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/redis_v1beta1/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.12.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.12.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.redis.v1.json b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.redis.v1.json
index 174d9df..923489b 100644
--- a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.redis.v1.json
+++ b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.redis.v1.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-redis",
-    "version": "0.1.0"
+    "version": "2.12.1"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {
diff --git a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.redis.v1beta1.json b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.redis.v1beta1.json
index 443ce93..e72a754 100644
--- a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.redis.v1beta1.json
+++ b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.redis.v1beta1.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-redis",
-    "version": "0.1.0"
+    "version": "2.12.1"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {