diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 934d66f2..cf40efe6 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ authors:
     given-names: Oliver
     orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4216-2721
 title: "Rapid & standardized annotation of bacterial genomes & plasmids."
-version: 1.2.3
+version: 1.2.4
 date-released: 2021-10-18
 keywords: 
   - bioinformatics
diff --git a/bakta.cwl b/bakta.cwl
index d9eb26b2..ea5ef5da 100644
--- a/bakta.cwl
+++ b/bakta.cwl
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ hints:
   SoftwareRequirement:
     packages:
       bakta:
-      version: [ "1.2.3" ]
+      version: [ "1.2.4" ]
 
 requirements:
   ResourceRequirement:
diff --git a/bakta/__init__.py b/bakta/__init__.py
index ab90b3ee..224f467a 100644
--- a/bakta/__init__.py
+++ b/bakta/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = '1.2.3'
+__version__ = '1.2.4'
 __db_schema_version__ = 3