diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
index 3ded761c..c2c64ed4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup pnpm
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
+        with:
+          version: 9
 
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 10f30916..b06ba919 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.2.0"
+  ".": "0.2.1"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 49f49c80..a78fe901 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.2.1 (2026-01-07)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.2.0...v0.2.1](https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand-python/compare/v0.2.0...v0.2.1)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* specify pnpm version 9 in publish workflow ([f4fdb7a](https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand-python/commit/f4fdb7a36ab4aea1e3c5a3e1604322a92fc5bd3f))
+
 ## 0.2.0 (2026-01-06)
 
 Full Changelog: [v0.1.0...v0.2.0](https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand-python/compare/v0.1.0...v0.2.0)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b16d60f6..9ff5a21e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "stagehand-alpha"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 description = "The official Python library for the stagehand API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/stagehand/_version.py b/src/stagehand/_version.py
index 5772616e..8bc3b5ea 100644
--- a/src/stagehand/_version.py
+++ b/src/stagehand/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "stagehand"
-__version__ = "0.2.0"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "0.2.1"  # x-release-please-version