diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 307ba84..7ae7825 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to WuttJamaican will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## v0.21.0 (2025-06-29)
+
+### Feat
+
+- remove version cap for SQLAlchemy (allow 1.x or 2.x)
+
 ## v0.20.6 (2025-06-29)
 
 ### Fix
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a00b12b..33121b4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "WuttJamaican"
-version = "0.20.6"
+version = "0.21.0"
 description = "Base package for Wutta Framework"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{name = "Lance Edgar", email = "lance@wuttaproject.org"}]