diff --git a/libraries/src/AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Idempotency/AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Idempotency.csproj b/libraries/src/AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Idempotency/AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Idempotency.csproj
index 50a99381..ea442565 100644
--- a/libraries/src/AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Idempotency/AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Idempotency.csproj
+++ b/libraries/src/AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Idempotency/AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Idempotency.csproj
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
       <PackageReference Include="Amazon.Lambda.Core" />
       <PackageReference Include="AWSSDK.DynamoDBv2" />
       <ProjectReference Include="..\AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Common\AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Common.csproj" PrivateAssets="all" />
-      <ProjectReference Include="..\AWS.Lambda.Powertools.JMESPath\AWS.Lambda.Powertools.JMESPath.csproj" />
+      <ProjectReference Include="..\AWS.Lambda.Powertools.JMESPath\AWS.Lambda.Powertools.JMESPath.csproj" PrivateAssets="all"/>
     </ItemGroup>
-    
 </Project>
diff --git a/libraries/src/Directory.Build.targets b/libraries/src/Directory.Build.targets
index 5844e458..3e00ba03 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/libraries/src/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -12,4 +12,15 @@
         <Compile Remove="..\AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Common\obj\**" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
+
+    <ItemGroup Condition="'$(MSBuildProjectName)' == 'AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Idempotency' AND '$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
+
+        <ProjectReference Remove="..\AWS.Lambda.Powertools.JMESPath\AWS.Lambda.Powertools.JMESPath.csproj" />
+
+        <Compile Include="..\AWS.Lambda.Powertools.JMESPath\**\*.cs">
+            <Link>JMESPath\%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)</Link>
+        </Compile>
+        <Compile Remove="..\AWS.Lambda.Powertools.JMESPath\obj\**" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>
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diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index ec27c4db..ff4acc58 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	},
 	"Utilities": {
 		"Parameters": "1.3.0",
-		"Idempotency": "1.2.0",
+		"Idempotency": "1.2.1",
 		"BatchProcessing": "1.1.1"
 	}
 }