diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 447593a11c6..e646d01df89 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@
 
 
 
+
 
 
 <a name=release-note-0-1-1></a>
@@ -3589,3 +3590,23 @@
  - [[```245d8329```](https://github.com/jina-ai/docarray/commit/245d8329c9878d8d7cf0ffd0dbbd928c18e38784)] __-__ rename license to be consist with lfai standards (#921) (*Nan Wang*)
  - [[```a9edde28```](https://github.com/jina-ai/docarray/commit/a9edde28cb9df79adeaf3955909d0ef8d96396ca)] __-__ __version__: the next version will be 0.20.1 (*Jina Dev Bot*)
 
+<a name=release-note-0-21-1></a>
+## Release Note (`0.21.1`)
+
+> Release time: 2023-06-26 15:50:32
+
+
+
+🙇 We'd like to thank all contributors for this new release! In particular,
+ Joan Fontanals Martinez,  Girish Chandrashekar,  Johannes Messner,  🙇
+
+
+### 🐞 Bug fixes
+
+ - [[```debbe3f9```](https://github.com/jina-ai/docarray/commit/debbe3f9d1b7f7ac5de8d5c5a9393c3418ab0ecb)] __-__ allow additional_headers parameters to Weaviate client (#1673) (*Girish Chandrashekar*)
+
+### 🍹 Other Improvements
+
+ - [[```cfa06007```](https://github.com/jina-ai/docarray/commit/cfa060074f34410832de7e594c67163c276f9cf3)] __-__ update docarray version (*Joan Fontanals Martinez*)
+ - [[```ca2973f0```](https://github.com/jina-ai/docarray/commit/ca2973f03f8209e5d1f831bf08e84dff033322d7)] __-__ bump version (#1023) (*Johannes Messner*)
+
diff --git a/docarray/__init__.py b/docarray/__init__.py
index 601bbfa53b4..6749e4446b3 100644
--- a/docarray/__init__.py
+++ b/docarray/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '0.21.0'
+__version__ = '0.21.2'
 
 import os
 
diff --git a/docarray/array/storage/weaviate/backend.py b/docarray/array/storage/weaviate/backend.py
index 57c5c811740..2deb517474d 100644
--- a/docarray/array/storage/weaviate/backend.py
+++ b/docarray/array/storage/weaviate/backend.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     Union,
     Tuple,
     List,
+    Any,
 )
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ class WeaviateConfig:
     host: Optional[str] = field(default='localhost')
     port: Optional[int] = field(default=8080)
     protocol: Optional[str] = field(default='http')
+    additional_headers: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = field(default_factory=dict)
     name: Optional[str] = None
     list_like: bool = True
     serialize_config: Dict = field(default_factory=dict)
@@ -124,6 +126,7 @@ def _init_storage(
         self._client = weaviate.Client(
             f'{config.protocol}://{config.host}:{config.port}',
             timeout_config=config.timeout_config,
+            additional_headers=config.additional_headers,
         )
         self._config = config
 
diff --git a/docs/_versions.json b/docs/_versions.json
index cccd0dc5f34..ab8b5ee280c 100644
--- a/docs/_versions.json
+++ b/docs/_versions.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
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+[{"version": "v0.21.1"}, {"version": "v0.20.1"}, {"version": "v0.20.0"}, {"version": "v0.19.0"}, {"version": "v0.18.1"}, {"version": "v0.18.0"}, {"version": "v0.17.0"}, {"version": "v0.16.5"}, {"version": "v0.16.4"}, {"version": "v0.16.3"}, {"version": "v0.16.2"}, {"version": "v0.16.1"}, {"version": "v0.16.0"}, {"version": "v0.15.4"}, {"version": "v0.15.3"}, {"version": "v0.15.2"}, {"version": "v0.15.1"}, {"version": "v0.15.0"}, {"version": "v0.14.11"}, {"version": "v0.14.10"}, {"version": "v0.14.9"}, {"version": "v0.14.8"}, {"version": "v0.14.7"}, {"version": "v0.14.6"}, {"version": "v0.14.5"}, {"version": "v0.14.4"}, {"version": "v0.14.3"}, {"version": "v0.14.2"}, {"version": "v0.14.1"}, {"version": "v0.14.0"}, {"version": "v0.13.33"}, {"version": "v0.13.0"}, {"version": "v0.12.9"}, {"version": "v0.12.0"}, {"version": "v0.11.3"}, {"version": "v0.11.2"}, {"version": "v0.11.1"}, {"version": "v0.11.0"}, {"version": "v0.10.5"}, {"version": "v0.10.4"}, {"version": "v0.10.3"}, {"version": "v0.10.2"}, {"version": "v0.10.1"}, {"version": "v0.10.0"}]
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