diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 02eb097d32..dabd4a7005 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.162.1"
+  ".": "0.163.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eeba0c4fc5..68fcc1214e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.163.0](https://github.com/chio-labs/sqlbuild/compare/v0.162.1...v0.163.0) (2026-10-20)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* answer simple commands in sqb, upgrade fensu and accept SharedMergeTree ([#1170](https://github.com/chio-labs/sqlbuild/issues/1170)) ([bb1c502](https://github.com/chio-labs/sqlbuild/commit/bb1c502837fa4d491f21df665fddedab998d766d))
+
 ## [0.162.1](https://github.com/chio-labs/sqlbuild/compare/v0.162.0...v0.162.1) (2026-10-19)
 
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 802e51d173..b39e5183f4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ checksum = "5b3dc8af474f516a851ff4bd12db780f948b9250ad37211e4eec0bccea54e01b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlbuild-analysis"
-version = "0.162.1"
+version = "0.163.0"
 dependencies = [
  "polyglot-sql",
  "polyglot-sql-function-catalogs",
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlbuild-attachments"
-version = "0.162.1"
+version = "0.163.0"
 dependencies = [
  "sqlbuild-core",
  "sqlbuild-sqltext",
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlbuild-cache"
-version = "0.162.1"
+version = "0.163.0"
 dependencies = [
  "blake3",
  "rayon",
@@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlbuild-cli"
-version = "0.162.1"
+version = "0.163.0"
 dependencies = [
  "blake3",
  "ctrlc",
@@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlbuild-config"
-version = "0.162.1"
+version = "0.163.0"
 dependencies = [
  "saphyr-parser",
  "sqlbuild-core",
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlbuild-core"
-version = "0.162.1"
+version = "0.163.0"
 dependencies = [
  "regex",
  "sha2",
@@ -1268,14 +1268,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlbuild-cursor"
-version = "0.162.1"
+version = "0.163.0"
 dependencies = [
  "sqlbuild-core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlbuild-discovery"
-version = "0.162.1"
+version = "0.163.0"
 dependencies = [
  "junction",
  "rayon",
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlbuild-model-config"
-version = "0.162.1"
+version = "0.163.0"
 dependencies = [
  "regex",
  "sqlbuild-core",
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlbuild-pysource"
-version = "0.162.1"
+version = "0.163.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ruff_python_ast",
  "ruff_python_parser",
@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlbuild-python"
-version = "0.162.1"
+version = "0.163.0"
 dependencies = [
  "fensu-policy",
  "mimalloc",
@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlbuild-recall"
-version = "0.162.1"
+version = "0.163.0"
 dependencies = [
  "blake3",
  "rusqlite",
@@ -1352,7 +1352,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlbuild-refactor"
-version = "0.162.1"
+version = "0.163.0"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -1366,7 +1366,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlbuild-render"
-version = "0.162.1"
+version = "0.163.0"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "sqlbuild-cache",
@@ -1376,7 +1376,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlbuild-rules"
-version = "0.162.1"
+version = "0.163.0"
 dependencies = [
  "blake3",
  "fensu-policy",
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlbuild-scopes"
-version = "0.162.1"
+version = "0.163.0"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "sha2",
@@ -1414,7 +1414,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlbuild-sqltext"
-version = "0.162.1"
+version = "0.163.0"
 dependencies = [
  "rayon",
  "serde",
@@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlbuild-state"
-version = "0.162.1"
+version = "0.163.0"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "sha2",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d1a0e5fb4e..85593c8772 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ python-boundary = "sqlbuild-python"
 polyglot-floor = "sqlbuild-analysis"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.162.1"
+version = "0.163.0"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 publish = false
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 00a6d92011..13910f14f1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ build-backend = "maturin"
 
 [project]
 name = "sqlbuild"
-version = "0.162.1"
+version = "0.163.0"
 description = "Typed, test-first SQL pipelines with local E2E testing"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12,<3.15"
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "pydantic-settings>=2,<3",
   "PyYAML>=6.0.2",
   "rich>=15.0.0",
-  "sqlbuild-cli==0.162.1",  # x-release-please-version
+  "sqlbuild-cli==0.163.0",  # x-release-please-version
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 768d6a97cd..78adccbdd7 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -4241,7 +4241,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlbuild"
-version = "0.162.1"
+version = "0.163.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "duckdb" },