diff --git a/python/rio-pmtiles/CHANGELOG.md b/python/rio-pmtiles/CHANGELOG.md
index 8d2d0095..b2304b6e 100644
--- a/python/rio-pmtiles/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/python/rio-pmtiles/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+1.2.1
+------
+allow Shapely versions compatible with 2.x by @zstadler [#649]
+
 1.2.0
 ------
 allow min and/or max zoom to be omitted when specifying zoom levels by @JaffaKetchup [#623]
diff --git a/python/rio-pmtiles/requirements-dev.txt b/python/rio-pmtiles/requirements-dev.txt
index 1f51bc38..522a9bbb 100644
--- a/python/rio-pmtiles/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/python/rio-pmtiles/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ pytest~=8.3.5
 pytest-cov==2.5.1
 coverage==4.5.1
 rasterio~=1.0
-shapely~=2.0.0
+shapely~=2.0
 supermercado==0.2.0
 tqdm==4.66.3
diff --git a/python/rio-pmtiles/rio_pmtiles/__init__.py b/python/rio-pmtiles/rio_pmtiles/__init__.py
index 97bca136..09917824 100644
--- a/python/rio-pmtiles/rio_pmtiles/__init__.py
+++ b/python/rio-pmtiles/rio_pmtiles/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """rio-pmtiles package"""
 
-__version__ = "1.2.0"
+__version__ = "1.2.1"