diff --git a/implementations/python/pyproject.toml b/implementations/python/pyproject.toml
index 552d500..d2cb61c 100644
--- a/implementations/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/implementations/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "preserves"
-version = "0.993.0"
+version = "0.994.0"
 description = "Data serialization format"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.6, <4"