diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8f45ad7..9460539 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ The format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/), and
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.2.2] - 2026-08-14
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Removed a stray `@Component` annotation from `LoggedAspect`, which caused a `BeanCreationException: No default constructor found` startup failure in any consuming application whose own component-scanning happens to cover `com.fayupable.logged.spring.aspect` (for example an application with `com.fayupable` as its own base package). `LoggedAspect` was already correctly constructed and registered exclusively by `LoggedAutoConfiguration`'s `@Bean` method, guarded by `@ConditionalOnMissingBean(LoggedAspect.class)`; the stray `@Component` let component-scanning register an earlier, under-specified bean definition for the same type first, causing that guard to back off and Spring to fail resolving which of `LoggedAspect`'s two constructors to use.
+
 ## [1.2.0] - 2026-08-04
 
 ### Added
@@ -55,7 +61,8 @@ The format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/), and
 - `logged-benchmarks`: internal JMH benchmarks measuring the aspect's overhead against a direct, uninstrumented call.
 - Quality gates: Pitest mutation testing (`logged-core` 100%, `logged-spring` 98%) and Checkstyle (0 violations), both enforced via `mvn verify`.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/fayupable/logged-lib/compare/v1.2.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/fayupable/logged-lib/compare/v1.2.2...HEAD
+[1.2.2]: https://github.com/fayupable/logged-lib/compare/v1.2.0...v1.2.2
 [1.2.0]: https://github.com/fayupable/logged-lib/compare/v1.1.0...v1.2.0
 [1.1.0]: https://github.com/fayupable/logged-lib/compare/v1.0.0...v1.1.0
 [1.0.0]: https://github.com/fayupable/logged-lib/releases/tag/v1.0.0
diff --git a/logged-benchmarks/dependency-reduced-pom.xml b/logged-benchmarks/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
index 4a3523f..1b9f8b0 100644
--- a/logged-benchmarks/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+++ b/logged-benchmarks/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>logged-lib</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.fayupable</groupId>
-    <version>1.2.0</version>
+    <version>1.2.2</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>logged-benchmarks</artifactId>
diff --git a/logged-benchmarks/pom.xml b/logged-benchmarks/pom.xml
index 79695a5..7585639 100644
--- a/logged-benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/logged-benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.fayupable</groupId>
         <artifactId>logged-lib</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.0</version>
+        <version>1.2.2</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>logged-benchmarks</artifactId>
diff --git a/logged-core/pom.xml b/logged-core/pom.xml
index 3419a78..9bf7b3a 100644
--- a/logged-core/pom.xml
+++ b/logged-core/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.fayupable</groupId>
         <artifactId>logged-lib</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.0</version>
+        <version>1.2.2</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>logged-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/logged-spring/pom.xml b/logged-spring/pom.xml
index c9ddec5..9a1527b 100644
--- a/logged-spring/pom.xml
+++ b/logged-spring/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.fayupable</groupId>
         <artifactId>logged-lib</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.0</version>
+        <version>1.2.2</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>logged-spring</artifactId>
diff --git a/logged-spring/src/main/java/com/fayupable/logged/spring/aspect/LoggedAspect.java b/logged-spring/src/main/java/com/fayupable/logged/spring/aspect/LoggedAspect.java
index eb37321..46b6f37 100644
--- a/logged-spring/src/main/java/com/fayupable/logged/spring/aspect/LoggedAspect.java
+++ b/logged-spring/src/main/java/com/fayupable/logged/spring/aspect/LoggedAspect.java
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 import org.aspectj.lang.reflect.MethodSignature;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.time.Instant;
@@ -107,7 +106,6 @@
  * {@code MDC.put}/{@code MDC.remove} calls on a very hot path.
  */
 @Aspect
-@Component
 public class LoggedAspect {
 
     private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoggedAspect.class);
diff --git a/logged-test/pom.xml b/logged-test/pom.xml
index 51a4c12..ad1b4a3 100644
--- a/logged-test/pom.xml
+++ b/logged-test/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.fayupable</groupId>
         <artifactId>logged-lib</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.0</version>
+        <version>1.2.2</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>logged-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3b063df..092ff62 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.fayupable</groupId>
     <artifactId>logged-lib</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.0</version>
+    <version>1.2.2</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>logged-lib</name>