diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 4573093..626b87c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/) rules.
 
 ## [Next Release]
 
+## [v1.12.3] - 2023-02-17
+
+* upd: Changes the mechanism of updating check tags to mitigate a race condition
+that can occur if check tags are being rapidly changed. Always attempts to add
+the full set of check tags being submitted rather than only the ones it snowth
+thinks do not already exist.
+
 ## [v1.12.2] - 2023-02-17
 
 * upd: Improve trace ID placement in log entries to ensure it is not truncated
@@ -433,6 +440,7 @@ writing to histogram endpoints.
 any delay, once started. Created: 2019-03-12. Fixed: 2019-03-13.
 
 [Next Release]: https://github.com/circonus-labs/gosnowth
+[v1.12.3]: https://github.com/circonus-labs/gosnowth/releases/tag/v1.12.3
 [v1.12.2]: https://github.com/circonus-labs/gosnowth/releases/tag/v1.12.2
 [v1.12.1]: https://github.com/circonus-labs/gosnowth/releases/tag/v1.12.1
 [v1.12.0]: https://github.com/circonus-labs/gosnowth/releases/tag/v1.12.0
diff --git a/tags.go b/tags.go
index 78793f0..0b172cf 100644
--- a/tags.go
+++ b/tags.go
@@ -525,7 +525,6 @@ func (sc *SnowthClient) UpdateCheckTagsContext(ctx context.Context,
 	}
 
 	del := []string{}
-	add := []string{}
 
 	for _, oldTag := range ex {
 		d := true
@@ -543,28 +542,8 @@ func (sc *SnowthClient) UpdateCheckTagsContext(ctx context.Context,
 		}
 	}
 
-	for _, newTag := range tags {
-		a := true
-
-		for _, oldTag := range ex {
-			if oldTag == newTag {
-				a = false
-
-				break
-			}
-		}
-
-		if a {
-			add = append(add, newTag)
-		}
-	}
-
-	if len(add) == 0 && len(del) == 0 {
-		return 0, nil
-	}
-
 	mod := ModifyTags{
-		Add:    add,
+		Add:    tags,
 		Remove: del,
 	}
 
@@ -580,7 +559,7 @@ func (sc *SnowthClient) UpdateCheckTagsContext(ctx context.Context,
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("unable to post tags update: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	return int64(len(add) + len(del)), nil
+	return int64(len(tags) + len(del)), nil
 }
 
 // encodeTags performs base64 encoding on tags when needed.
diff --git a/tags_test.go b/tags_test.go
index ac2425b..6f4c20a 100644
--- a/tags_test.go
+++ b/tags_test.go
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ func TestUpdateCheckTags(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	if r != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("expecting return: 1, got: %v", r)
+	if r != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expecting return: 2, got: %v", r)
 	}
 }