diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index c46178c51a2cd..744a530a41175 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  ".": "11.12.0",
+  ".": "11.12.1",
   "workspaces/arborist": "9.4.2",
   "workspaces/libnpmaccess": "10.0.3",
   "workspaces/libnpmdiff": "8.1.5",
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
   "workspaces/libnpmsearch": "9.0.1",
   "workspaces/libnpmteam": "8.0.2",
   "workspaces/libnpmversion": "8.0.3",
-  "workspaces/config": "10.8.0"
+  "workspaces/config": "10.8.1"
 }
diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index e4a79389d2573..72edd9655a818 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -1001,3 +1001,4 @@ Lucas Gomes Santana <ls7128387@gmail.com>
 Mohamed Akram <mohd.akram@outlook.com>
 Mitch Denny <mitchdenny@outlook.com>
 Matt Van Horn <mvanhorn@users.noreply.github.com>
+Daniel Foerster <pydsigner@gmail.com>
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 89bdc9b1219b9..75666423a83a3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [11.12.1](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/v11.12.0...v11.12.1) (2026-03-24)
+### Bug Fixes
+* [`596706a`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/596706a3d10100587e3751d860b4cfcc59342d2f) [#9148](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/9148) revert prefer-offline/prefer-online exclusivity (#9129) (@owlstronaut)
+### Documentation
+* [`d1ee8a5`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/d1ee8a524783e6ce33209fc48c83c89af5a5ccdf) [#9140](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/9140) Add note on relative path prefix for npm publish (#9140) (@pydsigner)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* [workspace](https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/config-v10.8.1): `@npmcli/config@10.8.1`
+
 ## [11.12.0](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/v11.11.1...v11.12.0) (2026-03-18)
 ### Features
 * [`8eff5fb`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/8eff5fb31afc996c71c8f159defa324cb86dfc5a) [#9049](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/9049) audit: add --include-attestations flag to output sigstore bundles (#9049) (@mitchdenny)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f13efecab184e..a87f65115fa61 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "npm",
-  "version": "11.12.0",
+  "version": "11.12.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "npm",
-      "version": "11.12.0",
+      "version": "11.12.1",
       "bundleDependencies": [
         "@isaacs/string-locale-compare",
         "@npmcli/arborist",
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
       "dependencies": {
         "@isaacs/string-locale-compare": "^1.1.0",
         "@npmcli/arborist": "^9.4.2",
-        "@npmcli/config": "^10.8.0",
+        "@npmcli/config": "^10.8.1",
         "@npmcli/fs": "^5.0.0",
         "@npmcli/map-workspaces": "^5.0.3",
         "@npmcli/metavuln-calculator": "^9.0.3",
@@ -14583,7 +14583,7 @@
     },
     "workspaces/config": {
       "name": "@npmcli/config",
-      "version": "10.8.0",
+      "version": "10.8.1",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "@npmcli/map-workspaces": "^5.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e7ad6bf187c1e..022dfee6f4bd9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "11.12.0",
+  "version": "11.12.1",
   "name": "npm",
   "description": "a package manager for JavaScript",
   "workspaces": [
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@isaacs/string-locale-compare": "^1.1.0",
     "@npmcli/arborist": "^9.4.2",
-    "@npmcli/config": "^10.8.0",
+    "@npmcli/config": "^10.8.1",
     "@npmcli/fs": "^5.0.0",
     "@npmcli/map-workspaces": "^5.0.3",
     "@npmcli/metavuln-calculator": "^9.0.3",
diff --git a/workspaces/config/CHANGELOG.md b/workspaces/config/CHANGELOG.md
index 8f2ef9aadb304..e2efb9cc4b9d9 100644
--- a/workspaces/config/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/workspaces/config/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [10.8.1](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/config-v10.8.0...config-v10.8.1) (2026-03-24)
+### Bug Fixes
+* [`596706a`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/596706a3d10100587e3751d860b4cfcc59342d2f) [#9148](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/9148) revert prefer-offline/prefer-online exclusivity (#9129) (@owlstronaut)
+
 ## [10.8.0](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/config-v10.7.1...config-v10.8.0) (2026-03-18)
 ### Features
 * [`8eff5fb`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/8eff5fb31afc996c71c8f159defa324cb86dfc5a) [#9049](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/9049) audit: add --include-attestations flag to output sigstore bundles (#9049) (@mitchdenny)
diff --git a/workspaces/config/package.json b/workspaces/config/package.json
index 9c75f8b8a1fd1..5da16efc6cc4c 100644
--- a/workspaces/config/package.json
+++ b/workspaces/config/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@npmcli/config",
-  "version": "10.8.0",
+  "version": "10.8.1",
   "files": [
     "bin/",
     "lib/"