diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0266edd..5ddd9f3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## v0.19.6 (2024-04-24)
+
+### Fix
+
+- better annotations
+
 ## v0.19.5 (2024-04-23)
 
 ### Fix
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 11fd314..6061e44 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 edition = "2021"
 name = "biobear"
-version = "0.19.5"
+version = "0.19.6"
 
 [lib]
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
diff --git a/cz.json b/cz.json
index 0ccd4e7..2a2682a 100644
--- a/cz.json
+++ b/cz.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "commitizen": {
     "name": "cz_conventional_commits",
-    "version": "0.19.5",
+    "version": "0.19.6",
     "tag_format": "v$version",
     "version_files": [
       "Cargo.toml",
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c3547b4..160d45c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 description = "A package for working with Bioinformatics data with SQL and Arrow"
 summary = "A package for working with Bioinformatics data with SQL and Arrow"
-version = "0.19.5"
+version = "0.19.6"
 
 [tool.maturin]
 features = ["pyo3/extension-module"]
diff --git a/python/biobear/__init__.py b/python/biobear/__init__.py
index 7fe74b5..6029a2c 100644
--- a/python/biobear/__init__.py
+++ b/python/biobear/__init__.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 from .biobear import __runtime
 
 
-__version__ = "0.19.5"
+__version__ = "0.19.6"
 
 __all__ = [
     "FastaReader",