diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index c66511d..2632a0c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
           packages-dir: dist/
+          # No-op (not a failure) when this version already exists on PyPI, so
+          # merges to main that don't bump the version don't red-X the branch.
+          # A real publish only happens when jvspatial/version.py is bumped.
+          skip-existing: true
 
       - name: Upload build artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
diff --git a/jvspatial/version.py b/jvspatial/version.py
index f1c5450..8dfbc53 100644
--- a/jvspatial/version.py
+++ b/jvspatial/version.py
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 # - MAJOR: Breaking changes
 # - MINOR: New features, backward compatible
 # - PATCH: Bug fixes, backward compatible
-__version__ = "0.0.11"
+__version__ = "0.0.12"