diff --git a/graphiti_core/prompts/dedupe_nodes.py b/graphiti_core/prompts/dedupe_nodes.py
index ed932355..a14c0461 100644
--- a/graphiti_core/prompts/dedupe_nodes.py
+++ b/graphiti_core/prompts/dedupe_nodes.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class NodeDuplicate(BaseModel):
     )
     name: str = Field(
         ...,
-        description='Name of the entity. Should be the most complete and descriptive name possible.',
+        description='Name of the entity. Should be the most complete and descriptive name possible. Do not include any JSON formatting in the Entity name.',
     )
     additional_duplicates: list[int] = Field(
         ...,
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 751f22c6..8eff6371 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [project]
 name = "graphiti-core"
 description = "A temporal graph building library"
-version = "0.12.3"
+version = "0.12.4"
 authors = [
     { "name" = "Paul Paliychuk", "email" = "paul@getzep.com" },
     { "name" = "Preston Rasmussen", "email" = "preston@getzep.com" },