diff --git a/c2pa-native-version.txt b/c2pa-native-version.txt
index d53bbd96..c342c531 100644
--- a/c2pa-native-version.txt
+++ b/c2pa-native-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-c2pa-v0.78.8
+c2pa-v0.79.0
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f5c98790..ffb7d87b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "c2pa-python"
-version = "0.31.0"
+version = "0.32.0"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "Python bindings for the C2PA Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI) library"
 readme = { file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }
diff --git a/tests/test_unit_tests.py b/tests/test_unit_tests.py
index 6e24aa39..78e215eb 100644
--- a/tests/test_unit_tests.py
+++ b/tests/test_unit_tests.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def load_test_settings_json():
 class TestC2paSdk(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_sdk_version(self):
         # This test verifies the native libraries used match the expected version.
-        self.assertIn("0.78.8", sdk_version())
+        self.assertIn("0.79.0", sdk_version())
 
 
 class TestReader(unittest.TestCase):