diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 7879ca9..3ba8845 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-    "backend": "1.1.0",
+    "backend": "1.2.0",
     "frontend": "1.1.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/CHANGELOG.md b/backend/CHANGELOG.md
index 9da638f..4206423 100644
--- a/backend/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/backend/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.2.0](https://github.com/echohello-dev/wingman/compare/v1.1.0...v1.2.0) (2026-11-08)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **logging:** add structured wide-event logging baseline ([#11](https://github.com/echohello-dev/wingman/issues/11)) ([6d8d923](https://github.com/echohello-dev/wingman/commit/6d8d92399ae9e832dea4b7cf653f1d3a98180087))
+* **rules:** add keyword-rule matcher with config loading ([#16](https://github.com/echohello-dev/wingman/issues/16)) ([dc7dfed](https://github.com/echohello-dev/wingman/commit/dc7dfed3fd7690b8c70a6be7a5c787c8b1bae240))
+* run Wingman agents on Pi Durable ([#14](https://github.com/echohello-dev/wingman/issues/14)) ([d078bd2](https://github.com/echohello-dev/wingman/commit/d078bd2e6ba32529363b5fa483f59d2dc5af8fda))
+
 ## [1.1.0](https://github.com/echohello-dev/wingman/compare/v1.0.0...v1.1.0) (2026-07-24)
 
 
diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index fdfc362..de4dbea 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "wingman"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.2.0"
 description = "Wingman - Slack bot with RAG capabilities"
 requires-python = ">=3.13"
 dependencies = [