diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 482e3edf6a..4c386462c0 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.187.3"
+  ".": "0.188.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dbd6dbc55f..1b5604afeb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.188.0](https://github.com/sqlstack-io/sqlbuild/compare/v0.187.3...v0.188.0) (2026-11-05)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add scheduler backend ([#1282](https://github.com/sqlstack-io/sqlbuild/issues/1282)) ([5f451f8](https://github.com/sqlstack-io/sqlbuild/commit/5f451f88acc929a5e9d7cb101f8ad7c4f65bfdc6))
+
 ## [0.187.3](https://github.com/sqlstack-io/sqlbuild/compare/v0.187.2...v0.187.3) (2026-11-02)
 
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 08e440108f..6b1b21abed 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4184,7 +4184,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlbuild-cli"
-version = "0.187.3"
+version = "0.188.0"
 dependencies = [
  "blake3",
  "chrono",
@@ -4337,7 +4337,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlbuild-python"
-version = "0.187.3"
+version = "0.188.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "chrono-tz",
diff --git a/crates/sqlbuild-cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/sqlbuild-cli/Cargo.toml
index d092a20c5b..e5955e6164 100644
--- a/crates/sqlbuild-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/sqlbuild-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "sqlbuild-cli"
-version = "0.187.3"
+version = "0.188.0"
 description = "The native `sqb` executable: reused compiles and Python-free commands served without Python, every other command handed to the Python CLI."
 edition.workspace = true
 license-file = "LICENSE"
diff --git a/crates/sqlbuild-python/Cargo.toml b/crates/sqlbuild-python/Cargo.toml
index 16c8f11e23..d86b74a6bc 100644
--- a/crates/sqlbuild-python/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/sqlbuild-python/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "sqlbuild-python"
-version = "0.187.3"
+version = "0.188.0"
 description = "The sqlbuild._native Python extension module."
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 79294cb046..7b251fe988 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ build-backend = "maturin"
 
 [project]
 name = "sqlbuild"
-version = "0.187.3"
+version = "0.188.0"
 description = "Typed, test-first SQL pipelines with local E2E testing"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12,<3.15"
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "polyglot-sql-chio==0.13.10",
   "pydantic-settings>=2,<3",
   "PyYAML>=6.0.2",
-  "sqlbuild-cli==0.187.3",  # x-release-please-version
+  "sqlbuild-cli==0.188.0",  # x-release-please-version
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 3941abed4b..7c78080928 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -4235,7 +4235,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlbuild"
-version = "0.187.3"
+version = "0.188.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "duckdb" },