diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index b738c22d..d04a31a2 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ Changes for crate
 Unreleased
 ==========
 
+
+2023/07/17 0.33.0
+=================
+
 - SQLAlchemy: Rename leftover occurrences of ``Object``. The new symbol to represent
   CrateDB's ``OBJECT`` column type is now ``ObjectType``.
 
diff --git a/src/crate/client/__init__.py b/src/crate/client/__init__.py
index 604331c2..bf1c1648 100644
--- a/src/crate/client/__init__.py
+++ b/src/crate/client/__init__.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 # version string read from setup.py using a regex. Take care not to break the
 # regex!
-__version__ = "0.32.0"
+__version__ = "0.33.0"
 
 apilevel = "2.0"
 threadsafety = 2