diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 97bce11..4e31c15 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.23.0"
+  ".": "0.23.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d416b86..3917834 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.23.1](https://github.com/graphrefly/graphrefly-py/compare/v0.23.0...v0.23.1) (2026-08-28)
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* **AGENTS:** add guidelines for project governance and cross-project permissions ([c75642d](https://github.com/graphrefly/graphrefly-py/commit/c75642d4dd4367492b7996d929458cf3003aa0e0))
+* **authority:** route Python decisions locally ([f17a064](https://github.com/graphrefly/graphrefly-py/commit/f17a064f58155dc87b0c53e073e0af4a0ec02a05))
+* **plan:** register Python work ledger ([ae02053](https://github.com/graphrefly/graphrefly-py/commit/ae020538ed91ca1058a7c7632b80ca0651b9122a))
+
 ## [0.23.0](https://github.com/graphrefly/graphrefly-py/compare/v0.22.0...v0.23.0) (2026-07-09)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 87c5d34..7b37cf8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "maturin"
 
 [project]
 name = "graphrefly"
-version = "0.23.0"
+version = "0.23.1"
 description = "Python host package for GraphReFly over the native Rust graph engine."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT"