diff --git a/lineageweave/__init__.py b/lineageweave/__init__.py
index 51fe0b0e7..2b38b4fcf 100644
--- a/lineageweave/__init__.py
+++ b/lineageweave/__init__.py
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@
"sentence_excerpts",
]
-__version__ = "0.98.1"
+__version__ = "0.99.0"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c4e31c721..4008b9f77 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
[project]
name = "lineageweave"
-version = "0.98.1"
+version = "0.99.0"
description = "Reconstructs git-branch-style lineage DAGs from scattered short records using multi-channel score fusion and LLM adjudication."
readme = "README.md"
license = { text = "MIT" }
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 313a86ed0..942b5fe16 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ wheels = [
[[package]]
name = "lineageweave"
-version = "0.98.1"
+version = "0.99.0"
source = { virtual = "." }
dependencies = [
{ name = "certifi" },