diff --git a/perlmod/Cargo.toml b/perlmod/Cargo.toml
index 03558e1..0c3ea0b 100644
--- a/perlmod/Cargo.toml
+++ b/perlmod/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "perlmod"
-version = "0.12.0"
+version = "0.12.1"
 authors = ["Wolfgang Bumiller <w.bumiller@proxmox.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 build = "build.rs"
diff --git a/perlmod/debian/changelog b/perlmod/debian/changelog
index acc6988..c38daf5 100644
--- a/perlmod/debian/changelog
+++ b/perlmod/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+rust-perlmod (0.12.1-1) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * move 'substr_from_str_slice' from ScalarRef to Scalar
+
+ -- Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>  Tue, 01 Mar 2022 14:41:44 +0100
+
 rust-perlmod (0.12.0-1) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * add experimental support for explicit substring handling
diff --git a/perlmod/debian/control b/perlmod/debian/control
index c192c48..73a73b3 100644
--- a/perlmod/debian/control
+++ b/perlmod/debian/control
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Recommends:
 Provides:
  librust-perlmod-0-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
  librust-perlmod-0.12-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-perlmod-0.12.0-dev (= ${binary:Version})
+ librust-perlmod-0.12.1-dev (= ${binary:Version})
 Description: Ffi & serde code for limited interaction with perl code - Rust source code
  This package contains the source for the Rust perlmod crate, packaged by
  debcargo for use with cargo and dh-cargo.
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ Provides:
  librust-perlmod-0.12+perlmod-macro-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
  librust-perlmod-0.12+default-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
  librust-perlmod-0.12+exporter-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-perlmod-0.12.0+perlmod-macro-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-perlmod-0.12.0+default-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-perlmod-0.12.0+exporter-dev (= ${binary:Version})
+ librust-perlmod-0.12.1+perlmod-macro-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
+ librust-perlmod-0.12.1+default-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
+ librust-perlmod-0.12.1+exporter-dev (= ${binary:Version})
 Description: Ffi & serde code for limited interaction with perl code - feature "perlmod-macro" and 2 more
  This metapackage enables feature "perlmod-macro" for the Rust perlmod crate, by
  pulling in any additional dependencies needed by that feature.