diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index fc5553b..945fbaf 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.24.0"
+  ".": "0.25.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e53d2b7..2fd9732 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@ All notable changes to Mnemonic will be documented in this file.
 
 Format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/). Versioning follows [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
+## [0.25.0](https://github.com/AppSprout-dev/mnemonic/compare/v0.24.0...v0.25.0) (2026-03-20)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add lifecycle simulation test suite ([63b3490](https://github.com/AppSprout-dev/mnemonic/commit/63b3490576c7295393a124c82c59597200262922))
+* expand synthetic data catalogs for lifecycle test ([9103a2c](https://github.com/AppSprout-dev/mnemonic/commit/9103a2c8cf1d52a1a66fee03626cfa1ac1540e03)), closes [#257](https://github.com/AppSprout-dev/mnemonic/issues/257)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add missing columns to FTS5 search query ([ca8c967](https://github.com/AppSprout-dev/mnemonic/commit/ca8c967959b7a9722db8ce99773fbdb224c89a91))
+
 ## [0.24.0](https://github.com/AppSprout-dev/mnemonic/compare/v0.23.0...v0.24.0) (2026-03-20)
 
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 80b3c72..15899ed 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .PHONY: build run clean test fmt vet start stop restart status watch install uninstall export backup insights dream-cycle mcp benchmark benchmark-quality benchmark-compare lifecycle-test setup-hooks lint
 
 BUILD_DIR=bin
-VERSION=0.24.0 # x-release-please-version
+VERSION=0.25.0 # x-release-please-version
 LDFLAGS=-ldflags "-s -w -X main.Version=$(VERSION)"
 TAGS=