diff --git a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
index 88bd143740..704c5599f2 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ hide:
 
 ## Latest Changes
 
+## 0.137.0 (2026-06-14)
+
 ### Breaking Changes
 
 * ♻️ Refactor internals to preserve `APIRouter` and `APIRoute` instances. PR [#15745](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi/pull/15745) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index 38e7472322..808f6b294b 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.136.3"
+__version__ = "0.137.0"
 
 from starlette import status as status