diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
 APEX also provides a web-based [Bohrium App](https://bohrium.dp.tech/apps/apex) for rapid and easy alloy property calculations without intensive JSON configuration (Note: one will need a Bohrium account to access this service).
 
 ## How to cite APEX
-[![](https://img.shields.io/badge/DOI-10.48550/arXiv.2404.17330-red.svg)](https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2404.17330)
+[![](https://img.shields.io/badge/DOI-10.1038/s41524_025_01580_y-red.svg)](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41524-025-01580-y)
 
 If you use APEX in your research, please cite the following paper for general purpose: 
 
-> Z. Li, T. Wen, Y. Zhang, X. Liu, C. Zhang, A. S. L. S. Pattamatta, X. Gong, B. Ye, H.Wang, L. Zhang, D. J. Srolovitz, An extendable cloud-native alloy property explorer (2024). arXiv:2404.17330.
+> Li, Z., Wen, T., Zhang, Y. et al. APEX: an automated cloud-native material property explorer. npj Comput Mater 11, 88 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41524-025-01580-y
 
 ## Table of Contents
 
diff --git a/apex/__init__.py b/apex/__init__.py
index 7385b247..7f4d3997 100644
--- a/apex/__init__.py
+++ b/apex/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import os
-__version__ = '1.2.14'
+__version__ = '1.2.15'
 LOCAL_PATH = os.getcwd()
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8bf1aa84..ba44f0f3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="apex-flow",
-    version="1.2.14",
+    version="1.2.15",
     author="Zhuoyuan Li, Tongqi Wen",
     author_email="zhuoyli@outlook.com",
     description="Alloy Properties EXplorer using simulations",