diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3bfdf5acc..ea768a2ba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.21.1](https://github.com/arenaxr/arena-web-core/compare/v1.21.0...v1.21.1) (2023-08-25)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* bind publish to ARENA.Mqtt ([5f73683](https://github.com/arenaxr/arena-web-core/commit/5f73683eb47b064f87e15347c3ca9b95cb8019eb))
+* don't init arena-console w/o a pub func ([6866f8a](https://github.com/arenaxr/arena-web-core/commit/6866f8a07402acddb7aa77c6f1f94a94347dc1d9))
+* Move arena-console init to MQTT_LOADED ([259c7fc](https://github.com/arenaxr/arena-web-core/commit/259c7fc048dad8a74b669dbc223bd6c9086411fb))
+
 ## [1.21.0](https://github.com/arenaxr/arena-web-core/compare/v1.20.8...v1.21.0) (2023-08-10)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 880cbbacf..498e553bf 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "arena-core",
-  "version": "1.21.0",
+  "version": "1.21.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "arena-core",
-      "version": "1.21.0",
+      "version": "1.21.1",
       "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
       "dependencies": {
         "@c-frame/aframe-particle-system-component": "^1.1.4",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d7a8d63ad..b7b49d5bf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "arena-core",
-  "version": "1.21.0",
+  "version": "1.21.1",
   "description": "Core browser client for ARENA",
   "author": "CONIX Center",
   "license": "BSD-3-Clause",