diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 2fc817a7ab1..537b058f3f0 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "google-apis-core": "1.1.0",
+  "google-apis-core": "1.2.0",
   "google-apis-core+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-apis-generator": "0.18.0",
   "google-apis-generator+FILLER": "0.0.0"
diff --git a/google-apis-core/CHANGELOG.md b/google-apis-core/CHANGELOG.md
index d4fd0b3dfbc..f6a8f2647c2 100644
--- a/google-apis-core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-apis-core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
+### 1.2.0 (2026-06-04)
+
+#### Features
+
+* ruby 3.2 minimum ([#26608](https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-ruby-client/issues/26608)) 
+
 ### 1.1.0 (2026-05-17)
 
 #### Features
diff --git a/google-apis-core/lib/google/apis/core/version.rb b/google-apis-core/lib/google/apis/core/version.rb
index 30de1207350..dead3da73fd 100644
--- a/google-apis-core/lib/google/apis/core/version.rb
+++ b/google-apis-core/lib/google/apis/core/version.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module Google
   module Apis
     module Core
       # Core version
-      VERSION = "1.1.0".freeze
+      VERSION = "1.2.0".freeze
     end
   end
 end