diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c814b8ac..f5fd84c8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [[2.1.2](https://github.com/nf-core/atacseq/releases/tag/2.1.2)] - 2022-08-07
+
+### Enhancements & fixes
+
+- [[#322](https://github.com/nf-core/atacseq/issues/322)]Remove fasta from required schema parameters so that when launching from tools it is not required.
+- Updates `homer_annotatepeaks` module.
+
 ## [[2.1.1](https://github.com/nf-core/atacseq/releases/tag/2.1.1)] - 2022-07-21
 
 - Minor patch release to fix AWS full test.
diff --git a/assets/multiqc_config.yml b/assets/multiqc_config.yml
index 7fb907c9..297ebfd6 100644
--- a/assets/multiqc_config.yml
+++ b/assets/multiqc_config.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 report_comment: >
-  This report has been generated by the <a href="https://github.com/nf-core/atacseq/2.1.1" target="_blank">nf-core/atacseq</a>
+  This report has been generated by the <a href="https://github.com/nf-core/atacseq/2.1.2" target="_blank">nf-core/atacseq</a>
   analysis pipeline. For information about how to interpret these results, please see the
-  <a href="https://nf-co.re/atacseq/2.1.1/output" target="_blank">documentation</a>.
+  <a href="https://nf-co.re/atacseq/2.1.2/output" target="_blank">documentation</a>.
 
 data_format: "yaml"
 
diff --git a/lib/WorkflowAtacseq.groovy b/lib/WorkflowAtacseq.groovy
index 235ec444..663df1fb 100755
--- a/lib/WorkflowAtacseq.groovy
+++ b/lib/WorkflowAtacseq.groovy
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ class WorkflowAtacseq {
     public static void initialise(params, log) {
         genomeExistsError(params, log)
 
+        if (!params.fasta) {
+            Nextflow.error "Genome fasta file not specified with e.g. '--fasta genome.fa' or via a detectable config file."
+        }
+
         if (!params.gtf && !params.gff) {
             log.error "No GTF or GFF3 annotation specified! The pipeline requires at least one of these files."
             System.exit(1)
diff --git a/modules.json b/modules.json
index b95992e1..962c8dc3 100644
--- a/modules.json
+++ b/modules.json
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
                     },
                     "homer/annotatepeaks": {
                         "branch": "master",
-                        "git_sha": "911696ea0b62df80e900ef244d7867d177971f73",
+                        "git_sha": "ffc27c68870f5f67e541bb67d94e03c597f75257",
                         "installed_by": ["modules"]
                     },
                     "khmer/uniquekmers": {
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/homer/annotatepeaks/main.nf b/modules/nf-core/homer/annotatepeaks/main.nf
index cfc140f5..b6a4c6bd 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/homer/annotatepeaks/main.nf
+++ b/modules/nf-core/homer/annotatepeaks/main.nf
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ process HOMER_ANNOTATEPEAKS {
 
     output:
     tuple val(meta), path("*annotatePeaks.txt"), emit: txt
+    tuple val(meta), path("*annStats.txt"), emit: stats, optional: true
     path  "versions.yml"                       , emit: versions
 
     when:
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/homer/annotatepeaks/meta.yml b/modules/nf-core/homer/annotatepeaks/meta.yml
index b815e975..2c6e52a1 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/homer/annotatepeaks/meta.yml
+++ b/modules/nf-core/homer/annotatepeaks/meta.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ output:
       type: file
       description: The annotated peaks
       pattern: "*annotatePeaks.txt"
+  - annotation_stats:
+      type: file
+      description: the annStats file output from -annStats parameter
+      pattern: "*annStats.txt"
   - versions:
       type: file
       description: File containing software versions
diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index 6cdb5ae2..1d39f5c9 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ manifest {
     description     = """ATACSeq peak-calling and differential analysis pipeline."""
     mainScript      = 'main.nf'
     nextflowVersion = '!>=23.04.0'
-    version         = '2.1.1'
+    version         = '2.1.2'
     doi             = 'https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2634132'
 }
 
diff --git a/nextflow_schema.json b/nextflow_schema.json
index fd39fea4..2e384c9e 100644
--- a/nextflow_schema.json
+++ b/nextflow_schema.json
@@ -207,8 +207,7 @@
                     "help_text": "By default takes the value of the mito_name parameter, if set. However, some plants and algae have chloroplast genomes in addition to a mitochondrial genome and thus mito_name can have values as multiple names that are separated by a | symbol that will break ataqv, in these cases this parameter can be used to overwrite these values.",
                     "fa_icon": "fas fa-signature"
                 }
-            },
-            "required": ["fasta"]
+            }
         },
         "adapter_trimming_options": {
             "title": "Adapter trimming options",