diff --git a/.changeset/curly-ants-tie.md b/.changeset/curly-ants-tie.md
deleted file mode 100644
index c551851e..00000000
--- a/.changeset/curly-ants-tie.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-"@instructor-ai/instructor": minor
----
-
-adding request option pass through + handling non validation errors a little bit better and not retrying if not validation error specifically
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 62368155..a4de4995 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # @instructor-ai/instructor
 
+## 1.2.1
+
+### Patch Changes
+
+- [#166](https://github.com/instructor-ai/instructor-js/pull/166) [`ddfe257`](https://github.com/instructor-ai/instructor-js/commit/ddfe2572c672708fb9ad20ad6726cb3af07c5148) Thanks [@roodboi](https://github.com/roodboi)! - make sure we pass through \_meta on non stream completions
+
+## 1.2.0
+
+### Minor Changes
+
+- [#164](https://github.com/instructor-ai/instructor-js/pull/164) [`6942d65`](https://github.com/instructor-ai/instructor-js/commit/6942d652b7750fac4306c4d713399cdc03e86a9b) Thanks [@roodboi](https://github.com/roodboi)! - adding request option pass through + handling non validation errors a little bit better and not retrying if not validation error specifically
+
 ## 1.1.2
 
 ### Patch Changes
diff --git a/examples/extract_user/index.ts b/examples/extract_user/index.ts
index baaa72dd..3ac8fad3 100644
--- a/examples/extract_user/index.ts
+++ b/examples/extract_user/index.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const user = await client.chat.completions.create({
 })
 
 console.log(user)
+
 // {
 //  age: 30,
 //  name: "Jason Liu",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5429dda3..4c525692 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@instructor-ai/instructor",
-  "version": "1.1.1",
+  "version": "1.2.1",
   "description": "structured outputs for llms",
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
diff --git a/src/instructor.ts b/src/instructor.ts
index 9376dae7..22acd873 100644
--- a/src/instructor.ts
+++ b/src/instructor.ts
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class Instructor<C extends GenericClient | OpenAI> {
           }
         }
 
-        return validation.data
+        return { ...validation.data, _meta: data?._meta ?? {} }
       } catch (error) {
         if (!(error instanceof ZodError)) {
           throw error
diff --git a/tests/anthropic.test.ts b/tests/anthropic.test.ts
index 86e8ea09..832eafe8 100644
--- a/tests/anthropic.test.ts
+++ b/tests/anthropic.test.ts
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ describe("LLMClient Anthropic Provider - mode: MD_JSON", () => {
       }
     })
 
-    expect(completion).toEqual({ name: "Dimitri Kennedy" })
+    expect(omit(["_meta"], completion)).toEqual({ name: "Dimitri Kennedy" })
   })
 
   test("complex schema - streaming", async () => {