diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 272d573c0e..82876bd850 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.114.2"
+  ".": "0.115.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4d9aeab79f..14e24e8130 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.115.0](https://github.com/chio-labs/sqlbuild/compare/v0.114.2...v0.115.0) (2026-09-24)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* reject empty-input-only SQL tests and fix SQL test helper scope ([#803](https://github.com/chio-labs/sqlbuild/issues/803)) ([b1410f6](https://github.com/chio-labs/sqlbuild/commit/b1410f6aa7cfbf8cc5dc14132e8b912e54194d45))
+
 ## [0.114.2](https://github.com/chio-labs/sqlbuild/compare/v0.114.1...v0.114.2) (2026-09-24)
 
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 50eca696f6..d22c68a1f3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ checksum = "f8fadd59c855ef2080decdef8ff161eb6661b86933c9d82e5ba29dc602a55aba"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlbuild-rules-native"
-version = "0.114.2"
+version = "0.115.0"
 dependencies = [
  "fensu-policy",
  "globset",
diff --git a/crates/sqlbuild-rules-native/Cargo.toml b/crates/sqlbuild-rules-native/Cargo.toml
index fa321d6dc0..843f93fdec 100644
--- a/crates/sqlbuild-rules-native/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/sqlbuild-rules-native/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "sqlbuild-rules-native"
-version = "0.114.2"
+version = "0.115.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 publish.workspace = true
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 469151b329..6fc06098ca 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ build-backend = "maturin"
 
 [project]
 name = "sqlbuild"
-version = "0.114.2"
+version = "0.115.0"
 description = "Typed, test-first SQL pipelines with local E2E testing"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index e6fe69b14a..3e05d10ce4 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -4137,7 +4137,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlbuild"
-version = "0.114.2"
+version = "0.115.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "duckdb" },