diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 2e04f95..1e9bc7a 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{".":"0.3.3"}
+{".":"0.3.4"}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3a45784..ca764d7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.3.4](https://github.com/cbueth/delaynet/compare/v0.3.3...v0.3.4) (2026-08-17)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **benchmarks:** skip benchmark tests without pytest-codspeed ([a127b18](https://github.com/cbueth/delaynet/commit/a127b18ac85f8b6c62be3f7fca129e8b6cd9679a))
+* **ci:** add pypi-publish environment to match trusted publisher ([da07a73](https://github.com/cbueth/delaynet/commit/da07a7390c4a4931e424b1820e07810cb1fa7210))
+* **ci:** allow manual publish and trigger publish.yml from release-please ([3b34d2c](https://github.com/cbueth/delaynet/commit/3b34d2c9f7f4c8c85176b0fb21356f0d9949da43))
+* **ci:** use valid release/v1 ref for pypi publish action ([d706509](https://github.com/cbueth/delaynet/commit/d706509bed78fb1177484bdc81af9c25bec12b1d))
+
 ## [0.3.3](https://github.com/cbueth/delaynet/compare/v0.3.2...v0.3.3) (2026-08-12)
 
 - 🚀 **2-4 times faster network reconstruction!**
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 3ef80d8..38d1416 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ keywords:
     - mutual information
     - transfer entropy
 license: BSD-3-Clause
-version: 0.3.3  # x-release-please-version
+version: 0.3.4  # x-release-please-version
 
 # add when code published
 # doi: 10.5281/zenodo.0000
diff --git a/delaynet/__init__.py b/delaynet/__init__.py
index fbe5f18..6dd07ff 100644
--- a/delaynet/__init__.py
+++ b/delaynet/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """delaynet init."""
 
-__version__ = "0.3.3"
+__version__ = "0.3.4"
 from .utils.logging import logging
 
 # Expose most common functions
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 7017a29..8209e93 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 project = "delaynet"
 copyright = f"2024–{datetime.now().year}, delaynet maintainers"
 author = "Carlson Büth"
-version = "0.3.3"  # x-release-please-version
+version = "0.3.4"  # x-release-please-version
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 # https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#general-configuration