diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 04aad56..6143998 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ All notable changes to this project are documented here.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.2.1] - 2026-07-01
+
+### Changed
+
+- Renamed the internal `ActiveMail::Core#release_the_kraken` to `#transpile`.
+- Neutralised test fixtures (example URLs) and severed the upstream fork link.
+
 ## [1.2.0] - 2026-07-01
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9f2d00a..719c652 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ tokens, automatic CSS inlining, generators, and test-time quality guards — so
 responsive, accessible email renders **out of the box**, with every default
 overridable.
 
-A fork and modernization of the now-unmaintained `inky-rb`. Not affiliated with Rails core.
+Not affiliated with Rails core.
 
 Write this:
 
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ Helpers available from `Base`: `combine_classes`, `combine_attributes`,
 Per-instance overrides (including replacing a built-in tag) are also possible:
 
 ```ruby
-ActiveMail::Core.new(components: { 'button' => MyButton }).release_the_kraken(source)
+ActiveMail::Core.new(components: { 'button' => MyButton }).transpile(source)
 ```
 
 ## Generators
@@ -356,8 +356,8 @@ Targets the real-world client landscape as of 2026:
 ## Programmatic use
 
 ```ruby
-ActiveMail::Core.new.release_the_kraken('<container><row><columns>Hi</columns></row></container>')
-ActiveMail::Core.new(column_count: 24, container_width: 480).release_the_kraken(source)
+ActiveMail::Core.new.transpile('<container><row><columns>Hi</columns></row></container>')
+ActiveMail::Core.new(column_count: 24, container_width: 480).transpile(source)
 ```
 
 ## Development
@@ -371,4 +371,4 @@ bundle exec srb tc        # Sorbet
 
 ## License
 
-MIT. See [`LICENSE.txt`](LICENSE.txt).
+MIT. See [`LICENSE.txt`](LICENSE.txt), which retains the original ZURB copyright.
diff --git a/lib/activemail.rb b/lib/activemail.rb
index bf1fa11..1de38e9 100644
--- a/lib/activemail.rb
+++ b/lib/activemail.rb
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def initialize(options = {})
 
     # Object, not String: ActionView::OutputBuffer is no longer a String since Rails 7.1.
     sig { params(html_string: Object).returns(String) }
-    def release_the_kraken(html_string)
+    def transpile(html_string)
       raws, str = extract_raws(normalize_input(html_string))
       parse_cmd = ::ActiveMail.full_document?(str) ? :parse : :fragment
       html = Nokogiri::HTML.public_send(parse_cmd, str)
diff --git a/lib/activemail/rails/template_handler.rb b/lib/activemail/rails/template_handler.rb
index bb93ffd..3d36a62 100644
--- a/lib/activemail/rails/template_handler.rb
+++ b/lib/activemail/rails/template_handler.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def call(template, source = nil)
           else
             engine_handler.call(template)
           end
-        "ActiveMail::Core.new.release_the_kraken(begin; #{compiled_source};end)"
+        "ActiveMail::Core.new.transpile(begin; #{compiled_source};end)"
       end
 
       module Composer
diff --git a/lib/activemail/version.rb b/lib/activemail/version.rb
index 45a9cdb..3d85965 100644
--- a/lib/activemail/version.rb
+++ b/lib/activemail/version.rb
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module ActiveMail
-  VERSION = '1.2.0'
+  VERSION = '1.2.1'
 end
diff --git a/test/components/button_test.rb b/test/components/button_test.rb
index 13579e3..6d87a6f 100644
--- a/test/components/button_test.rb
+++ b/test/components/button_test.rb
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 class ButtonTest < ActiveMailTest
   def test_simple_button_is_bulletproof
     assert_renders(
-      '<button href="http://zurb.com">Button</button>',
+      '<button href="https://example.com">Button</button>',
       <<~HTML
         <table class="button" role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td>
           <table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td>
-            <a href="http://zurb.com" style="display:inline-block;text-decoration:none;padding:12px 24px;">Button</a>
+            <a href="https://example.com" style="display:inline-block;text-decoration:none;padding:12px 24px;">Button</a>
           </td></tr></tbody></table>
         </td></tr></tbody></table>
       HTML
diff --git a/test/components/menu_test.rb b/test/components/menu_test.rb
index 1a16a93..dd5ed8a 100644
--- a/test/components/menu_test.rb
+++ b/test/components/menu_test.rb
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 class MenuTest < ActiveMailTest
   def test_menu_with_item
     assert_renders(
-      '<menu><item href="http://zurb.com">Item</item></menu>',
+      '<menu><item href="https://example.com">Item</item></menu>',
       <<~HTML
         <table class="menu" role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td>
           <table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr>
-            <th class="menu-item"><a href="http://zurb.com">Item</a></th>
+            <th class="menu-item"><a href="https://example.com">Item</a></th>
           </tr></tbody></table>
         </td></tr></tbody></table>
       HTML
diff --git a/test/rails/template_handler_test.rb b/test/rails/template_handler_test.rb
index 2c79261..ba82a93 100644
--- a/test/rails/template_handler_test.rb
+++ b/test/rails/template_handler_test.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def test_call_wraps_the_underlying_engine_output_with_inky
     template = ActionView::Template.new('<container></container>', 'test', handler, locals: [], format: :html)
     compiled = handler.call(template, '<container></container>')
 
-    assert_includes compiled, 'ActiveMail::Core.new.release_the_kraken'
+    assert_includes compiled, 'ActiveMail::Core.new.transpile'
   end
 
   def test_engine_handler_raises_for_unknown_engine
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def test_renders_an_inky_template_through_action_view
   end
 
   def test_output_is_html_safe_when_active_support_is_loaded
-    output = ActiveMail::Core.new.release_the_kraken('<row></row>')
+    output = ActiveMail::Core.new.transpile('<row></row>')
 
     assert_predicate output, :html_safe?
   end
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index e696aa8..825ef72 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def assert_same_html(expected, actual)
   end
 
   def render(input, **options)
-    ActiveMail::Core.new(options).release_the_kraken(input)
+    ActiveMail::Core.new(options).transpile(input)
   end
 
   def assert_renders(input, expected, **)