diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1259c9b..f881fa6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.2.0](https://github.com/cheminfo/openchemlib-sqlite/compare/v1.1.0...v1.2.0) (2026-05-15)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add maxCandidates and maxResults early-exit options to substructure search ([7b21fdf](https://github.com/cheminfo/openchemlib-sqlite/commit/7b21fdf26c2d1fcd9db71ad1460c4c1d20d5637d))
+
 ## [1.1.0](https://github.com/cheminfo/openchemlib-sqlite/compare/v1.0.2...v1.1.0) (2026-05-14)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e82c301..8464817 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "openchemlib-sqlite",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "openchemlib-sqlite",
-      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "version": "1.2.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/node": "^25.7.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dce56ca..c0ffb5b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "openchemlib-sqlite",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "description": "SQLite-backed molecular database with substructure, exact, and similarity search using OpenChemLib",
   "type": "module",
   "exports": {