diff --git a/c2pa-native-version.txt b/c2pa-native-version.txt
index f04e61df..3868092e 100644
--- a/c2pa-native-version.txt
+++ b/c2pa-native-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-c2pa-v0.88.0
+c2pa-v0.89.0
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6cf54fd1..518d1de5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "c2pa-python"
-version = "0.35.2"
+version = "0.36.0"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "Python bindings for the C2PA Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI) library"
 readme = { file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }