diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4b798bb..ccdcdbf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 1.12.1
+
+* Fix incorrect tile layer version numbers in tile-join output
+
 ## 1.12.0
 
 * Fix a tile-join bug that would retain fields that were supposed to be excluded
diff --git a/mvt.cpp b/mvt.cpp
index 4f31b2d..669a58d 100644
--- a/mvt.cpp
+++ b/mvt.cpp
@@ -166,6 +166,10 @@ bool mvt_tile::decode(std::string &message) {
 					layer.extent = layer_reader.get_uint32();
 					break;
 
+				case 15: /* version */
+					layer.version = layer_reader.get_uint32();
+					break;
+
 				case 2: /* feature */
 				{
 					protozero::pbf_reader feature_reader(layer_reader.get_message());
diff --git a/version.hpp b/version.hpp
index b6c6843..c88c995 100644
--- a/version.hpp
+++ b/version.hpp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define VERSION "tippecanoe v1.12.0\n"
+#define VERSION "tippecanoe v1.12.1\n"