diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b9c3fb8..ef6bec8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ entry points (`.`, `./three`) are frozen for 1.x, while the **scene subpaths** (
 `./splat`, `./model`) are a preview tier whose options may change in any release. Entries below say
 which tier they touch, because that is what tells you whether an upgrade can move your pixels.
 
-## Unreleased
+## 1.38.0 — 2026-10-09
 
 Touches the **preview tier** (`./call`, `./splat`) only: one default and two additive handle
 methods. No export changes; `SplatHandle` gains two methods in `splat.d.ts`.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 76f96a6..f9d6233 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@displayxr/inline3d",
-  "version": "1.37.1",
+  "version": "1.38.0",
   "description": "Turn any HTML <canvas> into a 3D window on a spatial display, inside an ordinary web page, for the DisplayXR Browser. Dependency-free; progressive enhancement (falls back to plain 2D everywhere else).",
   "type": "module",
   "types": "./index.d.ts",