diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 2be9c43..af55ef0 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.2.0"
+  ".": "0.2.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 70adfd2..113a4c2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.2.1](https://github.com/bedrock-python/omni-box/compare/omni-box-v0.2.0...omni-box-v0.2.1) (2026-09-07)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **outbox:** stop a broker outage from spending the attempt budget ([#33](https://github.com/bedrock-python/omni-box/issues/33)) ([6252f91](https://github.com/bedrock-python/omni-box/commit/6252f9132ef609fb370e183387f447497f0cbca2))
+
 ## [0.2.0](https://github.com/bedrock-python/omni-box/compare/omni-box-v0.1.2...omni-box-v0.2.0) (2026-09-07)
 
 
diff --git a/omni_box/__version__.py b/omni_box/__version__.py
index e44b515..130276d 100644
--- a/omni_box/__version__.py
+++ b/omni_box/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.2.0"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "0.2.1"  # x-release-please-version