diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 2b11449..1f59b68 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.27.0"
+  ".": "0.27.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6372a0b..fa6a0b1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.27.1 (2026-04-22)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.27.0...v0.27.1](https://github.com/perplexityai/perplexity-node/compare/v0.27.0...v0.27.1)
+
+### Chores
+
+* **internal:** more robust bootstrap script ([c32e68e](https://github.com/perplexityai/perplexity-node/commit/c32e68ee007146374b83abb0901fde46731f0e3d))
+
 ## 0.27.0 (2026-04-14)
 
 Full Changelog: [v0.26.6...v0.27.0](https://github.com/perplexityai/perplexity-node/compare/v0.26.6...v0.27.0)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 17bd582..68409f2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@perplexity-ai/perplexity_ai",
-  "version": "0.27.0",
+  "version": "0.27.1",
   "description": "The official TypeScript library for the Perplexity API",
   "author": "Perplexity <api@perplexity.ai>",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap b/scripts/bootstrap
index a8b69ff..2e315f5 100755
--- a/scripts/bootstrap
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -e
 
 cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
 
-if [ -f "Brewfile" ] && [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ] && [ "$SKIP_BREW" != "1" ] && [ -t 0 ]; then
+if [ -f "Brewfile" ] && [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ] && [ "${SKIP_BREW:-}" != "1" ] && [ -t 0 ]; then
   brew bundle check >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
     echo -n "==> Install Homebrew dependencies? (y/N): "
     read -r response
diff --git a/src/version.ts b/src/version.ts
index 288031c..84cbf7b 100644
--- a/src/version.ts
+++ b/src/version.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const VERSION = '0.27.0'; // x-release-please-version
+export const VERSION = '0.27.1'; // x-release-please-version