diff --git a/.releaserc.json b/.releaserc.json
index 3cab35a..8cbf219 100644
--- a/.releaserc.json
+++ b/.releaserc.json
@@ -14,12 +14,7 @@
     [
       "@semantic-release/git",
       {
-        "assets": [
-          "package.json",
-          "package-lock.json",
-          "CHANGELOG.md",
-          "CITATION.cff"
-        ],
+        "assets": ["package.json", "package-lock.json", "CHANGELOG.md"],
         "message": "chore(release): ${nextRelease.version} [skip ci]\n\n${nextRelease.notes}"
       }
     ]
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 5dc2668..5f6d45c 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ authors:
     given-names: 'Shabarinath'
     orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6713-1705'
 title: 'ExfilMS'
-version: 1.2.2
+version: 1.2.4
 abstract: 'ExfilMS is a cross-platform, command line interface (CLI) tool to extract mass spectrometry (MS) data from mzML formatted files, with filtering capabilities.'
 keywords:
   - 'mass spectrometry'
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 28caf45..0977fea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ For more guidance on how to use ExfilMS, please refer to our available guides be
 
 If you use ExfilMS in your work, please cite it using the following:
 
-Nambiar, V., & Nambiar, S. (2024). ExfilMS (Version 1.2.3) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10976761
+Nambiar, V., & Nambiar, S. (2024). ExfilMS (Version 1.2.4) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10976761
 
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