diff --git a/.github/workflows/assets.yml b/.github/workflows/assets.yml
index 6246edc24..7dbb00ebe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/assets.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/assets.yml
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           brew install bison flex swig xquartz
-          echo "/usr/local/opt/bison/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
-          echo "/usr/local/opt/flex/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+          echo "/usr/local/opt/bison/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+          echo "/usr/local/opt/flex/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip conan setuptools wheel
       - name: Build wheel
         run: python setup.py bdist_wheel
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ jobs:
         id: wheel
         working-directory: pybuild/dist/
         run: |
-          echo "WHEEL_NAME=$(ls *.whl)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "WHEEL_NAME=$(ls *.whl)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "WHEEL_NAME=$(ls *.whl)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "WHEEL_NAME=$(ls *.whl)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: pypi-macos-py${{ matrix.python }}
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ jobs:
         id: wheel
         working-directory: wheelhouse
         run: |
-          echo "WHEEL_NAME=$(ls *.whl)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "WHEEL_NAME=$(ls *.whl)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "WHEEL_NAME=$(ls *.whl)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "WHEEL_NAME=$(ls *.whl)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: pypi-linux-${{ matrix.cpython_version }}
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ jobs:
         id: wheel
         working-directory: wheelhouse
         run: |
-          echo "WHEEL_NAME=$(ls *.whl)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "WHEEL_NAME=$(ls *.whl)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "WHEEL_NAME=$(ls *.whl)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "WHEEL_NAME=$(ls *.whl)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: pypi-linux-${{ matrix.cpython_version }}
@@ -204,8 +204,9 @@ jobs:
         id: wheel
         working-directory: pybuild/dist/
         run: |
-          echo "WHEEL_NAME=$(Get-ChildItem -name *.whl)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "WHEEL_NAME=$(Get-ChildItem -name *.whl)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "WHEEL_NAME=$(Get-ChildItem -name *.whl)" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "WHEEL_NAME=$(Get-ChildItem -name *.whl)" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+        shell: powershell
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: pypi-windows-py${{ matrix.python }}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a86f86ba8..57b0592b0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,17 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 
+## [ 0.12.2 ] - [ 2024-01-09 ]
+
+### Added
+
+### Changed
+
+- Fixed `upload-release-asset` steps in `.github/workflow/assets.yml` for `windows-x64` job.
+
+### Removed
+
+
 ## [ 0.12.1 ] - [ 2024-01-08 ]
 
 ### Added
@@ -12,6 +23,8 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - Fixed `upload-release-asset` steps in `.github/workflow/assets.yml`.
 - Updated `RELEASE.md`.
 
+### Removed
+
 
 ## [ 0.12.0 ] - [ 2023-12-18 ]
 ### Added
diff --git a/include/ql/version.h b/include/ql/version.h
index 4e560ef56..310e05539 100644
--- a/include/ql/version.h
+++ b/include/ql/version.h
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
  * OPENQL_VERSION_STRING is also decoded by version.py
 */
 
-#define OPENQL_VERSION_STRING "0.12.1"
+#define OPENQL_VERSION_STRING "0.12.2"