diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6b60f6d..fded7cf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # on it, including the ComfyUI node package. The console script below carries
 # the same weight, since users have it on PATH.
 name = "remove-ai-watermarks"
-version = "0.38.0"
+version = "0.39.0"
 description = "AI watermark remover for visible, invisible, and provenance marks in images and video"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11,<3.15"
diff --git a/src/remove_ai_watermarks/__init__.py b/src/remove_ai_watermarks/__init__.py
index 439c233..fb07af8 100644
--- a/src/remove_ai_watermarks/__init__.py
+++ b/src/remove_ai_watermarks/__init__.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ _os.environ.setdefault("TRANSFORMERS_VERBOSITY", "error")
 _warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", message=r".*ImageProcessorFast.*")
 
 
-__version__ = "0.38.0"
+__version__ = "0.39.0"
 
 __all__ = [
     "BatchItemResult",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 07c8e05..b76ce7d 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -3449,7 +3449,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "remove-ai-watermarks"
-version = "0.38.0"
+version = "0.39.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "c2pa-python" },