diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c674663..5f5e275 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.21.0] - 2026-10-07
+
 ### Added
 - Badge integration (opt-in): `eval "$(brew-change init zsh)"` defines a `brew`
   wrapper that prints a one-line verdict from the cached assessment after every
diff --git a/brew-change b/brew-change
index 5e0a2fb..d39b0f9 100755
--- a/brew-change
+++ b/brew-change
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 # Version information
-readonly VERSION="1.20.1"
+readonly VERSION="1.21.0"
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Early validation: handle side-effect-free options before any brew/auth/cache