diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 0f24e47..55c86c8 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.1.6"
+  ".": "0.1.7"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4fab013..f8ae1f1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.1.7](https://github.com/hoobio/earmark/compare/v0.1.6...v0.1.7) (2026-05-05)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **audio:** release COM wrappers and adopt singleton view-model lifetime ([#28](https://github.com/hoobio/earmark/issues/28)) ([694819e](https://github.com/hoobio/earmark/commit/694819ea032cfe4e1be2f778e893cd1c315a284f))
+* **audio:** release MMDevice / AudioSessionControl wrappers and ([694819e](https://github.com/hoobio/earmark/commit/694819ea032cfe4e1be2f778e893cd1c315a284f))
+
 ## [0.1.6](https://github.com/hoobio/earmark/compare/v0.1.5...v0.1.6) (2026-04-30)
 
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index c946ee6..1180819 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.1.6
+0.1.7