diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index dced41e10..c3ce85bd8 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "libs/providers/config-cat": "0.8.0",
   "libs/providers/launchdarkly-client": "0.3.3",
   "libs/providers/go-feature-flag-web": "0.2.6",
-  "libs/shared/flagd-core": "1.1.0",
+  "libs/shared/flagd-core": "1.2.0",
   "libs/shared/ofrep-core": "1.1.0",
   "libs/providers/ofrep": "0.2.1",
   "libs/providers/ofrep-web": "0.3.3",
diff --git a/libs/shared/flagd-core/CHANGELOG.md b/libs/shared/flagd-core/CHANGELOG.md
index 18358e8ff..80515f41c 100644
--- a/libs/shared/flagd-core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/libs/shared/flagd-core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.2.0](https://github.com/open-feature/js-sdk-contrib/compare/flagd-core-v1.1.0...flagd-core-v1.2.0) (2025-10-09)
+
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+* **security:** update vulnerability-updates ([#1342](https://github.com/open-feature/js-sdk-contrib/issues/1342)) ([fca83c9](https://github.com/open-feature/js-sdk-contrib/commit/fca83c925c6a3d19bac9d647562fd534397b376b))
+
+
+### ✨ New Features
+
+* support no default variant  ([#1354](https://github.com/open-feature/js-sdk-contrib/issues/1354)) ([f2efa55](https://github.com/open-feature/js-sdk-contrib/commit/f2efa559410751dfab80f1e749a86dc04703189c))
+
 ## [1.1.0](https://github.com/open-feature/js-sdk-contrib/compare/flagd-core-v1.0.0...flagd-core-v1.1.0) (2025-07-04)
 
 
diff --git a/libs/shared/flagd-core/package-lock.json b/libs/shared/flagd-core/package-lock.json
index 0d3bd9bc6..6b3a94f4d 100644
--- a/libs/shared/flagd-core/package-lock.json
+++ b/libs/shared/flagd-core/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@openfeature/flagd-core",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@openfeature/flagd-core",
-      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "version": "1.2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "ajv": "^8.12.0",
         "tslib": "^2.3.0"
diff --git a/libs/shared/flagd-core/package.json b/libs/shared/flagd-core/package.json
index 79943d3a8..b07cc4524 100644
--- a/libs/shared/flagd-core/package.json
+++ b/libs/shared/flagd-core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openfeature/flagd-core",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "scripts": {
     "publish-if-not-exists": "cp $NPM_CONFIG_USERCONFIG .npmrc && if [ \"$(npm show $npm_package_name@$npm_package_version version)\" = \"$(npm run current-version -s)\" ]; then echo 'already published, skipping'; else npm publish --access public; fi",