diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 33f25293..d6ebe145 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.9.4
+current_version = 0.9.5
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 70b73d64..25a82248 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## 0.9.5
+
+### Changed
+- Dependency pin to Pydantic <2 removed
 
 ## 0.9.4
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4b7ce048..e4412a1d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "nexgen"
-version = "0.9.4"
+version = "0.9.5"
 description = "Next Generation Nexus Generator"
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
diff --git a/src/nexgen/__init__.py b/src/nexgen/__init__.py
index 25745712..a7233dfd 100644
--- a/src/nexgen/__init__.py
+++ b/src/nexgen/__init__.py
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 
 __author__ = "Diamond Light Source - Scientific Software"
 __email__ = "data_analysis@diamond.ac.uk"
-__version__ = "0.9.4"
+__version__ = "0.9.5"
 __version_tuple__ = tuple(int(x) for x in __version__.split("."))