diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 97bce112d..4e31c1517 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.23.0"
+  ".": "0.23.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 424ec12f2..bdd6e1127 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).
 
+## [0.23.1](https://github.com/Brad-Edwards/aces/compare/v0.23.0...v0.23.1) (2026-07-17)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* enforce stateful resource admission ([#816](https://github.com/Brad-Edwards/aces/issues/816)) ([8bf12ee](https://github.com/Brad-Edwards/aces/commit/8bf12eeb0d43e6e23a86abb012d7b31b076bd69a))
+
 ## [0.23.0](https://github.com/Brad-Edwards/aces/compare/v0.22.0...v0.23.0) (2026-07-17)
 
 
diff --git a/implementations/python/pyproject.toml b/implementations/python/pyproject.toml
index 7fad9a82d..656197a67 100644
--- a/implementations/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/implementations/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "aces-sdl"
-version = "0.23.0"
+version = "0.23.1"
 description = "Backend-agnostic cyber range scenario description language and runtime."
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 requires-python = ">=3.11"