diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index ff8e652c..2cf44ba6 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.17.11"
+  ".": "0.17.12"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 42ae4828..2e7808c1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## 0.17.12 (2026-03-06)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.17.11...v0.17.12](https://github.com/openlayer-ai/openlayer-python/compare/v0.17.11...v0.17.12)
+
+### Chores
+
+* **test:** do not count install time for mock server timeout ([9ec48d7](https://github.com/openlayer-ai/openlayer-python/commit/9ec48d73e5e1957c46b9216e66388acabe69eae3))
+
 ## 0.17.11 (2026-03-05)
 
 Full Changelog: [v0.17.10...v0.17.11](https://github.com/openlayer-ai/openlayer-python/compare/v0.17.10...v0.17.11)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1a6bad4b..5ed916d3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "openlayer"
-version = "0.17.11"
+version = "0.17.12"
 description = "The official Python library for the openlayer API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/scripts/mock b/scripts/mock
index 0b28f6ea..bcf3b392 100755
--- a/scripts/mock
+++ b/scripts/mock
@@ -21,11 +21,22 @@ echo "==> Starting mock server with URL ${URL}"
 
 # Run prism mock on the given spec
 if [ "$1" == "--daemon" ]; then
+  # Pre-install the package so the download doesn't eat into the startup timeout
+  npm exec --package=@stainless-api/prism-cli@5.15.0 -- prism --version
+
   npm exec --package=@stainless-api/prism-cli@5.15.0 -- prism mock "$URL" &> .prism.log &
 
-  # Wait for server to come online
+  # Wait for server to come online (max 30s)
   echo -n "Waiting for server"
+  attempts=0
   while ! grep -q "✖  fatal\|Prism is listening" ".prism.log" ; do
+    attempts=$((attempts + 1))
+    if [ "$attempts" -ge 300 ]; then
+      echo
+      echo "Timed out waiting for Prism server to start"
+      cat .prism.log
+      exit 1
+    fi
     echo -n "."
     sleep 0.1
   done
diff --git a/src/openlayer/_version.py b/src/openlayer/_version.py
index c6ed2854..ecca63ed 100644
--- a/src/openlayer/_version.py
+++ b/src/openlayer/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "openlayer"
-__version__ = "0.17.11"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "0.17.12"  # x-release-please-version