diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index cbb8f279..c43521db 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.ShadowPlugin
 buildscript {
     ext {
         opensearch_group = "org.opensearch"
-        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "2.12.0-SNAPSHOT")
+        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "2.12.1-SNAPSHOT")
         buildVersionQualifier = System.getProperty("build.version_qualifier", "")
         isSnapshot = "true" == System.getProperty("build.snapshot", "true")
         version_tokens = opensearch_version.tokenize('-')