diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9d9f4c0d..8c03b29f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
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+## [1.12.2](https://github.com/mkdocstrings/python/releases/tag/1.12.2) - 2024-10-19
+
+<small>[Compare with 1.12.1](https://github.com/mkdocstrings/python/compare/1.12.1...1.12.2)</small>
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- Always render cross-references outside of signatures ([73f11dc](https://github.com/mkdocstrings/python/commit/73f11dcc584a672af7e17738cba08a50f119176a) by Timothée Mazzucotelli). [Issue-mkdocstrings#700](https://github.com/mkdocstrings/mkdocstrings/issues/700)
+
 ## [1.12.1](https://github.com/mkdocstrings/python/releases/tag/1.12.1) - 2024-10-14
 
 <small>[Compare with 1.12.0](https://github.com/mkdocstrings/python/compare/1.12.0...1.12.1)</small>
diff --git a/src/mkdocstrings_handlers/python/templates/material/_base/expression.html.jinja b/src/mkdocstrings_handlers/python/templates/material/_base/expression.html.jinja
index c34c0be5..4aea143d 100644
--- a/src/mkdocstrings_handlers/python/templates/material/_base/expression.html.jinja
+++ b/src/mkdocstrings_handlers/python/templates/material/_base/expression.html.jinja
@@ -32,15 +32,16 @@ which is a tree-like structure representing a Python expression.
       {%- set annotation = full -%}
     {%- endif -%}
     {%- for title, path in annotation|split_path(full) -%}
-      {%- if config.signature_crossrefs -%}
-        {%- if signature -%}
-          {%- filter stash_crossref(length=title|length) -%}
-            <autoref identifier="{{ path }}" optional{% if title != path %} hover{% endif %}>{{ title }}</autoref>
-          {%- endfilter -%}
-        {%- else -%}
+      {%- if not signature -%}
+        {#- Always render cross-references outside of signatures. We don't need to stash them. -#}
+        <autoref identifier="{{ path }}" optional{% if title != path %} hover{% endif %}>{{ title }}</autoref>
+      {%- elif config.signature_crossrefs -%}
+        {#- We're in a signature and cross-references are enabled, we must render one and stash it. -#}
+        {%- filter stash_crossref(length=title|length) -%}
           <autoref identifier="{{ path }}" optional{% if title != path %} hover{% endif %}>{{ title }}</autoref>
-        {%- endif -%}
+        {%- endfilter -%}
       {%- else -%}
+        {#- We're in a signature but cross-references are disabled, we just render the title. -#}
         {{ title }}
       {%- endif -%}
       {%- if not loop.last -%}.{%- endif -%}