diff --git a/modality-api-client/pom.xml b/modality-api-client/pom.xml
index 7e012bc..038658a 100644
--- a/modality-api-client/pom.xml
+++ b/modality-api-client/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ under the License.
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.republicate.modality</groupId>
         <artifactId>modality</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.1</version>
+        <version>2.1.2</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>modality-api-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/modality-core/README.md b/modality-core/README.md
index 2ca6a35..8ddf723 100644
--- a/modality-core/README.md
+++ b/modality-core/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Lightweight ORM for Java, providing:
 + works with any JDBC-compliant data source
 + instances (rows) can be mapped to any POJO
 + connections and prepared statements pooling
-+ database schema versionning
++ database migration scripts
 
 ## Main Concepts
 
@@ -240,9 +240,9 @@ model.filters.write.*.html_* = -no_html
 model.filters.read.*.html_* = escape_html
 ```
 
-### Database schema versionning
+### Database schema versioning
 
-Modality provides a basic schema versionning feature.
+Modality provides a basic schema versioning feature.
 
 Migration scripts are specific to each database schema. They are searched in the `migations/$modelId` directory, which can be changed using the `model.migration_scripts` configuration property.
 
@@ -265,3 +265,5 @@ That's it. No checksum tests as in Flyway or Liquibase, which I found rather cou
 Be aware that when using an engine which is not able to handle rollbacks of DDL statements (like `mysql` and `mariadb`), you will have to manually revert those if something wrong happens.
 
 When updating a schema, if you are maintaining global creation scripts, you would typically add the `model_version` table and populate it with the considered scripts.
+
+Note that for now, Modality requires the target schema to already exist.
diff --git a/modality-core/pom.xml b/modality-core/pom.xml
index f0591d7..ecf8123 100644
--- a/modality-core/pom.xml
+++ b/modality-core/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.republicate.modality</groupId>
         <artifactId>modality</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.1</version>
+        <version>2.1.2</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>modality-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/modality-examples/modality-example-bookshelf/pom.xml b/modality-examples/modality-example-bookshelf/pom.xml
index d8c8050..fdad62c 100644
--- a/modality-examples/modality-example-bookshelf/pom.xml
+++ b/modality-examples/modality-example-bookshelf/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ under the License.
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.republicate.modality</groupId>
         <artifactId>modality-examples</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.1</version>
+        <version>2.1.2</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>modality-example-bookshelf</artifactId>
diff --git a/modality-examples/pom.xml b/modality-examples/pom.xml
index 42b5e32..6e33db4 100644
--- a/modality-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/modality-examples/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ under the License.
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.republicate.modality</groupId>
         <artifactId>modality</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.1</version>
+        <version>2.1.2</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>modality-examples</artifactId>
diff --git a/modality-webapp-auth/pom.xml b/modality-webapp-auth/pom.xml
index f3510ef..8ce8214 100644
--- a/modality-webapp-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/modality-webapp-auth/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ under the License.
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.republicate.modality</groupId>
         <artifactId>modality</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.1</version>
+        <version>2.1.2</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>modality-webapp-auth</artifactId>
diff --git a/modality-webapp/pom.xml b/modality-webapp/pom.xml
index 5376e20..c0e0455 100644
--- a/modality-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/modality-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ under the License.
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.republicate.modality</groupId>
         <artifactId>modality</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.1</version>
+        <version>2.1.2</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>modality-webapp</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 088c779..2640fd8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ under the License.
 
     <groupId>com.republicate.modality</groupId>
     <artifactId>modality</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.1</version>
+    <version>2.1.2</version>
 
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
diff --git a/velocity-tools-model/pom.xml b/velocity-tools-model/pom.xml
index 86a7e17..50db32d 100644
--- a/velocity-tools-model/pom.xml
+++ b/velocity-tools-model/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
         <groupId>com.republicate.modality</groupId>
         <artifactId>modality</artifactId>
 
-        <version>2.1.1</version>
+        <version>2.1.2</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>velocity-tools-model</artifactId>