diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index ab736c5..c3f1463 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.1.8"
+  ".": "1.2.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b258886..c69eb9c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.2.0](https://github.com/bcit-tlu/conversion-guide/compare/v1.1.8...v1.2.0) (2026-05-29)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* replace plausible analytics with opentelemetry browser instrumentation ([#20](https://github.com/bcit-tlu/conversion-guide/issues/20)) ([f2d7ab1](https://github.com/bcit-tlu/conversion-guide/commit/f2d7ab15fde9fb84fc606a14d7befe8c33ab7260))
+
 ## [1.1.8](https://github.com/bcit-tlu/conversion-guide/compare/v1.1.7...v1.1.8) (2026-05-15)
 
 
diff --git a/charts/Chart.yaml b/charts/Chart.yaml
index cdc40c5..0de5525 100644
--- a/charts/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: conversion-guide
 description: Conversion Guide — online reference for developing, producing, and maintaining online courses at BCIT
 type: application
-version: 0.1.0 # x-release-please-version
-appVersion: "1.1.8" # x-release-please-version
+version: 1.2.0 # x-release-please-version
+appVersion: "1.2.0" # x-release-please-version
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b93e0cf..0ee573b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "conversion-guide",
-  "version": "1.1.8",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "author": "BCIT LTC, Course Production Team",
   "license": "MIT",
   "description": "guide for conversion",