diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 19ee807a9..4a403c7df 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.19.0"
+  ".": "0.19.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2e3f621c6..a5d408506 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 PRs do **not** edit this file directly. release-please maintains it from the
 Conventional Commit history on `main` (#684).
 
+## [0.19.1](https://github.com/Brad-Edwards/aces/compare/v0.19.0...v0.19.1) (2026-07-06)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* publish the project README as the PyPI description ([#701](https://github.com/Brad-Edwards/aces/issues/701)) ([6a56f93](https://github.com/Brad-Edwards/aces/commit/6a56f93d35e50a2362c13a81700f332f8a2709ca))
+
 ## [0.19.0](https://github.com/Brad-Edwards/aces/compare/v0.18.0...v0.19.0) (2026-07-06)
 
 
diff --git a/implementations/python/pyproject.toml b/implementations/python/pyproject.toml
index 15fb4117a..d29b34c2a 100644
--- a/implementations/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/implementations/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "aces-sdl"
-version = "0.19.0"
+version = "0.19.1"
 description = "Backend-agnostic cyber range scenario description language and runtime."
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 requires-python = ">=3.11"