diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e3f63aac8..6d4c86fb4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,36 @@ As of December 2025 and until the 1.0.0 version is released, the CAI team will o
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.72.1](https://github.com/contentauth/c2pa-rs/compare/c2pa-v0.72.0...c2pa-v0.72.1)
+_04 December 2025_
+
+### Added
+
+* Check if stream matches input format via file signature/structure ([#1528](https://github.com/contentauth/c2pa-rs/pull/1528))
+* Use MaybeSend to simplify code ([#1639](https://github.com/contentauth/c2pa-rs/pull/1639))
+
+### Documented
+
+* Add doc for CLI settings, misc copy edits ([#1636](https://github.com/contentauth/c2pa-rs/pull/1636))
+
+### Fixed
+
+* Set wasm-bindgen-cli version in CI ([#1644](https://github.com/contentauth/c2pa-rs/pull/1644))
+* Fix the timestamp cert chain validation to be independent of the order ([#1600](https://github.com/contentauth/c2pa-rs/pull/1600))
+* RFC 3161 fractional seconds ([#1640](https://github.com/contentauth/c2pa-rs/pull/1640))
+* Stack overflow and hang due to cyclic ingredients ([#1576](https://github.com/contentauth/c2pa-rs/pull/1576))
+* Allow untrusted failure code to be a `Valid` validation state ([#1623](https://github.com/contentauth/c2pa-rs/pull/1623))
+* Remove unmaintained `json5` dependency and other unused `config` crate sub-dependencies ([#1611](https://github.com/contentauth/c2pa-rs/pull/1611))
+
+### Other
+
+* Remove direct dependency on `windows-core` ([#1616](https://github.com/contentauth/c2pa-rs/pull/1616))
+
+### Updated dependencies
+
+* Bump lopdf from 0.31.0 to 0.38.0 ([#1359](https://github.com/contentauth/c2pa-rs/pull/1359))
+* Bump quick-xml from 0.37.5 to 0.38.3 ([#1575](https://github.com/contentauth/c2pa-rs/pull/1575))
+
 ## [0.72.0](https://github.com/contentauth/c2pa-rs/compare/c2pa-v0.71.3...c2pa-v0.72.0)
 _17 November 2025_
 
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index 8d34643ed..210440b3b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
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+ "syn 2.0.111",
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+ "syn 2.0.111",
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+ "syn 2.0.111",
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 [[package]]
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 dependencies = [
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- "syn 2.0.110",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
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 [[package]]
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 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
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- "syn 2.0.110",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
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 [[package]]
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 dependencies = [
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+ "syn 2.0.111",
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+ "indexmap 2.12.1",
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 dependencies = [
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+ "indexmap 2.12.1",
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 [[package]]
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-checksum = "adc82fd73de2a9722ac5da747f12383d2bfdb93591ee6c58486e0097890f05f2"
+checksum = "9cf146f99d442e8e68e585f5d798ccd3cad9a7835b917e09728880a862706456"
 dependencies = [
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 [[package]]
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-version = "0.1.41"
+version = "0.1.43"
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-checksum = "784e0ac535deb450455cbfa28a6f0df145ea1bb7ae51b821cf5e7927fdcfbdd0"
+checksum = "2d15d90a0b5c19378952d479dc858407149d7bb45a14de0142f6c534b16fc647"
 dependencies = [
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  "pin-project-lite",
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 [[package]]
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-version = "0.1.30"
+version = "0.1.31"
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-checksum = "81383ab64e72a7a8b8e13130c49e3dab29def6d0c7d76a03087b3cf71c5c6903"
+checksum = "7490cfa5ec963746568740651ac6781f701c9c5ea257c58e057f3ba8cf69e8da"
 dependencies = [
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  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.110",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
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-version = "0.1.34"
+version = "0.1.35"
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-checksum = "b9d12581f227e93f094d3af2ae690a574abb8a2b9b7a96e7cfe9647b2b617678"
+checksum = "7a04e24fab5c89c6a36eb8558c9656f30d81de51dfa4d3b45f26b21d61fa0a6c"
 dependencies = [
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 ]
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 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.110",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4607,9 +4606,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "60b4531c118335662134346048ddb0e54cc86bd7e81866757873055f0e38f5d2"
+checksum = "d81f9efa9df032be5934a46a068815a10a042b494b6a58cb0a1a97bb5467ed6f"
 dependencies = [
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  "http",
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 [[package]]
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-version = "1.18.1"
+version = "1.19.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2f87b8aa10b915a06587d0dec516c282ff295b475d94abf425d62b57710070a2"
+checksum = "e2e054861b4bd027cd373e18e8d8d8e6548085000e41290d95ce0c373a654b4a"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.3.4",
  "js-sys",
- "serde",
+ "serde_core",
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
@@ -4774,7 +4773,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bumpalo",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.110",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
@@ -4816,7 +4815,7 @@ checksum = "7150335716dce6028bead2b848e72f47b45e7b9422f64cccdc23bedca89affc1"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.110",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4860,7 +4859,7 @@ version = "0.1.11"
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 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.60.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4884,7 +4883,7 @@ checksum = "053e2e040ab57b9dc951b72c264860db7eb3b0200ba345b4e4c3b14f67855ddf"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.110",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4895,7 +4894,7 @@ checksum = "3f316c4a2570ba26bbec722032c4099d8c8bc095efccdc15688708623367e358"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.110",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5100,9 +5099,9 @@ checksum = "d6bbff5f0aada427a1e5a6da5f1f98158182f26556f345ac9e04d36d0ebed650"
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.7.13"
+version = "0.7.14"
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-checksum = "21a0236b59786fed61e2a80582dd500fe61f18b5dca67a4a067d0bc9039339cf"
+checksum = "5a5364e9d77fcdeeaa6062ced926ee3381faa2ee02d3eb83a5c27a8825540829"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
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 dependencies = [
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.110",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
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 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.110",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
  "synstructure",
 ]
 
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-version = "0.8.27"
+version = "0.8.31"
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-checksum = "0894878a5fa3edfd6da3f88c4805f4c8558e2b996227a3d864f47fe11e38282c"
+checksum = "fd74ec98b9250adb3ca554bdde269adf631549f51d8a8f8f0a10b50f1cb298c3"
 dependencies = [
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 ]
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.8.27"
+version = "0.8.31"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "88d2b8d9c68ad2b9e4340d7832716a4d21a22a1154777ad56ea55c51a9cf3831"
+checksum = "d8a8d209fdf45cf5138cbb5a506f6b52522a25afccc534d1475dad8e31105c6a"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.110",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
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 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.110",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
  "synstructure",
 ]
 
@@ -5262,7 +5261,7 @@ checksum = "ce36e65b0d2999d2aafac989fb249189a141aee1f53c612c1f37d72631959f69"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.110",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5295,7 +5294,7 @@ checksum = "eadce39539ca5cb3985590102671f2567e659fca9666581ad3411d59207951f3"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.110",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5306,7 +5305,7 @@ checksum = "eb2a05c7c36fde6c09b08576c9f7fb4cda705990f73b58fe011abf7dfb24168b"
 dependencies = [
  "arbitrary",
  "crc32fast",
- "indexmap 2.12.0",
+ "indexmap 2.12.1",
  "memchr",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 05585ecfd..4a4dd33e1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ members = [
 
 # members in this workspace can share this version setting
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.72.0"
+version = "0.72.1"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 c2pa = { path = "sdk", default-features = false }
diff --git a/c2pa_c_ffi/CHANGELOG.md b/c2pa_c_ffi/CHANGELOG.md
index a345f3ad9..c6b32745f 100644
--- a/c2pa_c_ffi/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/c2pa_c_ffi/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.72.1](https://github.com/contentauth/c2pa-rs/compare/c2pa-c-ffi-v0.72.0...c2pa-c-ffi-v0.72.1)
+_04 December 2025_
+
 ## [0.71.4](https://github.com/contentauth/c2pa-rs/compare/c2pa-c-ffi-v0.71.3...c2pa-c-ffi-v0.71.4)
 _17 November 2025_
 
diff --git a/c2pa_c_ffi/Cargo.toml b/c2pa_c_ffi/Cargo.toml
index 6e8a3e779..7e950ea1e 100644
--- a/c2pa_c_ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/c2pa_c_ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ rust_native_crypto = ["c2pa/rust_native_crypto"]
 pdf = ["c2pa/pdf"]
 
 [dependencies]
-c2pa = { path = "../sdk", version = "0.72.0", default-features = false, features = [
+c2pa = { path = "../sdk", version = "0.72.1", default-features = false, features = [
     "add_thumbnails",
     "fetch_remote_manifests",
     "file_io",
diff --git a/cli/CHANGELOG.md b/cli/CHANGELOG.md
index 44bc0f566..860d1c528 100644
--- a/cli/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/cli/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.26.6](https://github.com/contentauth/c2pa-rs/compare/c2patool-v0.26.5...c2patool-v0.26.6)
+_04 December 2025_
+
+### Added
+
+* Support JSON settings in `c2patool` ([#1635](https://github.com/contentauth/c2pa-rs/pull/1635))
+
+### Documented
+
+* Add doc for CLI settings, misc copy edits ([#1636](https://github.com/contentauth/c2pa-rs/pull/1636))
+
 ## [0.26.5](https://github.com/contentauth/c2pa-rs/compare/c2patool-v0.26.4...c2patool-v0.26.5)
 _17 November 2025_
 
diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index 5cf436ecd..ebd44e1e2 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "c2patool"
 default-run = "c2patool"
-version = "0.26.5"
+version = "0.26.6"
 description = "Tool for displaying and creating C2PA manifests."
 authors = [
     "Gavin Peacock <gpeacock@adobe.com>",
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ networking = [
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
 atree = "0.5.2"
-c2pa = { path = "../sdk", version = "0.72.0", features = [
+c2pa = { path = "../sdk", version = "0.72.1", features = [
     "fetch_remote_manifests",
     "file_io",
     "add_thumbnails",
diff --git a/make_test_images/Cargo.toml b/make_test_images/Cargo.toml
index febbdc784..876540db4 100644
--- a/make_test_images/Cargo.toml
+++ b/make_test_images/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ unexpected_cfgs = { level = "warn", check-cfg = ['cfg(test)'] }
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.40"
-c2pa = { path = "../sdk", version = "0.72.0", features = [
+c2pa = { path = "../sdk", version = "0.72.1", features = [
 	"fetch_remote_manifests",
 	"file_io",
 	"add_thumbnails",