diff --git a/.bumpversion.toml b/.bumpversion.toml
index d36c4e158..57bcad5da 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.toml
+++ b/.bumpversion.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.32.0-beta.3"
+current_version = "0.37.0-beta.0"
 parse = """(?x)
     (?P<major>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
     (?P<minor>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@ filename = "nodejs/Cargo.toml"
 replace = "\nversion = \"{new_version}\""
 search = "\nversion = \"{current_version}\""
 
+# The Python package takes its version from here (pyproject.toml declares
+# `dynamic = ["version"]`, so maturin reads it out of the crate manifest).
+[[tool.bumpversion.files]]
+filename = "python/Cargo.toml"
+replace = "\nversion = \"{new_version}\""
+search = "\nversion = \"{current_version}\""
+
 # Java documentation
 [[tool.bumpversion.files]]
 filename = "docs/src/java/java.md"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cargo-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/cargo-publish.yml
index 08f01d9a0..052fb1876 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cargo-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cargo-publish.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ on:
       # We don't publish pre-releases for Rust. Crates.io is just a source
       # distribution, so we don't need to publish pre-releases.
       - "v*-beta*"
-      - "*-v*" # for example, python-vX.Y.Z
 
 env:
   # This env var is used by Swatinem/rust-cache@v2 for the cache
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh-release.yml b/.github/workflows/gh-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..683d55d71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+name: GitHub Release
+
+# All SDKs share one version, so a single `vX.Y.Z` tag produces a single GitHub
+# release covering all of them. The per-package publish workflows (PyPI, NPM,
+# Cargo, Maven) trigger off the same tag independently.
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*"
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  gh-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          lfs: true
+      - name: Extract version
+        id: extract_version
+        env:
+          GITHUB_REF: ${{ github.ref }}
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          echo "Extracting tag and version from $GITHUB_REF"
+          if [[ $GITHUB_REF =~ refs/tags/v(.*) ]]; then
+            VERSION=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+            TAG=v$VERSION
+            echo "tag=$TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "Failed to extract version from $GITHUB_REF"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "Extracted version $VERSION from $GITHUB_REF"
+          if [[ $VERSION =~ beta ]]; then
+            echo "This is a beta release"
+            echo "prerelease=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+            # Get last release (that is not this one)
+            FROM_TAG=$(git tag --sort='version:refname' \
+              | grep ^v \
+              | grep -vF "$TAG" \
+              | python ci/semver_sort.py v \
+              | tail -n 1)
+          else
+            echo "This is a stable release"
+            echo "prerelease=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            # Get last stable tag (ignore betas)
+            FROM_TAG=$(git tag --sort='version:refname' \
+              | grep ^v \
+              | grep -vF "$TAG" \
+              | grep -v beta \
+              | python ci/semver_sort.py v \
+              | tail -n 1)
+          fi
+          echo "Found from tag $FROM_TAG"
+          echo "from_tag=$FROM_TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Create Release Notes
+        id: release_notes
+        uses: mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action@v4
+        with:
+          configuration: .github/release_notes.json
+          toTag: ${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.tag }}
+          fromTag: ${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.from_tag }}
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Create GH release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          # Marking betas as pre-releases keeps them from taking the "Latest"
+          # badge on the releases page.
+          prerelease: ${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.prerelease }}
+          make_latest: ${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.prerelease == 'false' }}
+          tag_name: ${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.tag }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          generate_release_notes: false
+          name: LanceDB v${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.version }}
+          body: ${{ steps.release_notes.outputs.changelog }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/make-release-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/make-release-commit.yml
index 538c7f486..2ab69ee32 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/make-release-commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/make-release-commit.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 name: Create release commit
 
-# This workflow increments versions, tags the version, and pushes it.
+# This workflow increments the version, tags it, and pushes it. All SDKs share
+# a single version, so one tag releases all of them.
 # When a tag is pushed, another workflow is triggered that creates a GH release
 # and uploads the binaries. This workflow is only for creating the tag.
 
 # This script will enforce that a minor version is incremented if there are any
-# breaking changes since the last minor increment. However, it isn't able to
-# differentiate between breaking changes in Node versus Python. If you wish to
-# bypass this check, you can manually increment the version and push the tag.
+# breaking changes since the last minor increment. A breaking change in any SDK
+# bumps the minor version for all of them. If you wish to bypass this check, you
+# can manually increment the version and push the tag.
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
@@ -24,16 +25,6 @@ on:
         options:
           - preview
           - stable
-      python:
-        description: 'Make a Python release'
-        required: true
-        default: true
-        type: boolean
-      other:
-        description: 'Make a Node/Rust/Java release'
-        required: true
-        default: true
-        type: boolean
       bump-minor:
         description: 'Bump minor version'
         required: true
@@ -65,25 +56,12 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git config user.name 'Lance Release'
           git config user.email 'lance-dev@lancedb.com'
-      - name: Bump Python version
-        if: ${{ inputs.python }}
-        working-directory: python
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          # Need to get the commit before bumping the version, so we can
-          # determine if there are breaking changes in the next step as well.
-          echo "COMMIT_BEFORE_BUMP=$(git rev-parse HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-          pip install bump-my-version PyGithub packaging
-          bash ../ci/bump_version.sh ${{ inputs.type }} ${{ inputs.bump-minor }} python-v
-      - name: Bump Node/Rust version
-        if: ${{ inputs.other }}
+      - name: Bump version
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           pip install bump-my-version PyGithub packaging
-          bash ci/bump_version.sh ${{ inputs.type }} ${{ inputs.bump-minor }} v $COMMIT_BEFORE_BUMP
+          bash ci/bump_version.sh ${{ inputs.type }} ${{ inputs.bump-minor }}
           bash ci/update_lockfiles.sh --amend
       - name: Push new version tag
         if: ${{ !inputs.dry_run }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
index 5707b085a..8a049ee0f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
@@ -26,73 +26,6 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
-  gh-release:
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          lfs: true
-      - name: Extract version
-        id: extract_version
-        env:
-          GITHUB_REF: ${{ github.ref }}
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          echo "Extracting tag and version from $GITHUB_REF"
-          if [[ $GITHUB_REF =~ refs/tags/v(.*) ]]; then
-            VERSION=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
-            TAG=v$VERSION
-            echo "tag=$TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "Failed to extract version from $GITHUB_REF"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          echo "Extracted version $VERSION from $GITHUB_REF"
-          if [[ $VERSION =~ beta ]]; then
-            echo "This is a beta release"
-
-            # Get last release (that is not this one)
-            FROM_TAG=$(git tag --sort='version:refname' \
-              | grep ^v \
-              | grep -vF "$TAG" \
-              | python ci/semver_sort.py v \
-              | tail -n 1)
-          else
-            echo "This is a stable release"
-            # Get last stable tag (ignore betas)
-            FROM_TAG=$(git tag --sort='version:refname' \
-              | grep ^v \
-              | grep -vF "$TAG" \
-              | grep -v beta \
-              | python ci/semver_sort.py v \
-              | tail -n 1)
-          fi
-          echo "Found from tag $FROM_TAG"
-          echo "from_tag=$FROM_TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      - name: Create Release Notes
-        id: release_notes
-        uses: mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action@v4
-        with:
-          configuration: .github/release_notes.json
-          toTag: ${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.tag }}
-          fromTag: ${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.from_tag }}
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Create GH release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
-        with:
-          prerelease: ${{ contains('beta', github.ref) }}
-          tag_name: ${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.tag }}
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          generate_release_notes: false
-          name: Node/Rust LanceDB v${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.version }}
-          body: ${{ steps.release_notes.outputs.changelog }}
-
   build-lancedb:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
index 720079292..8825e7fb0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: PyPI Publish
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - 'python-v*'
+      - 'v*'
   pull_request:
     # This should trigger a dry run (we skip the final publish step)
     paths:
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
           package-name: ${{ matrix.config.package_name }}
           rustflags: ${{ matrix.config.rustflags }}
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
-        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/python-v')
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
         with:
           name: wheels-linux-${{ matrix.config.package_name }}-${{ matrix.config.platform }}-${{ matrix.config.manylinux }}
           path: target/wheels/*.whl
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
           python-minor-version: 10
           args: "--release --strip --target ${{ matrix.config.target }} --features fp16kernels"
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
-        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/python-v')
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
         with:
           name: wheels-mac-${{ matrix.config.target }}
           path: target/wheels/lancedb-*.whl
@@ -127,14 +127,14 @@ jobs:
           python-minor-version: 10
           args: "--release --strip"
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
-        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/python-v')
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
         with:
           name: wheels-windows
           path: target/wheels/lancedb-*.whl
           if-no-files-found: error
   publish:
     name: Publish wheels
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/python-v')
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
     needs: [linux, mac, windows]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
@@ -183,72 +183,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
           packages-dir: target/wheels/
-  gh-release:
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/python-v')
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          lfs: true
-      - name: Extract version
-        id: extract_version
-        env:
-          GITHUB_REF: ${{ github.ref }}
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          echo "Extracting tag and version from $GITHUB_REF"
-          if [[ $GITHUB_REF =~ refs/tags/python-v(.*) ]]; then
-            VERSION=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
-            TAG=python-v$VERSION
-            echo "tag=$TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "Failed to extract version from $GITHUB_REF"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          echo "Extracted version $VERSION from $GITHUB_REF"
-          if [[ $VERSION =~ beta ]]; then
-            echo "This is a beta release"
-
-            # Get last release (that is not this one)
-            FROM_TAG=$(git tag --sort='version:refname' \
-              | grep ^python-v \
-              | grep -vF "$TAG" \
-              | python ci/semver_sort.py python-v \
-              | tail -n 1)
-          else
-            echo "This is a stable release"
-            # Get last stable tag (ignore betas)
-            FROM_TAG=$(git tag --sort='version:refname' \
-              | grep ^python-v \
-              | grep -vF "$TAG" \
-              | grep -v beta \
-              | python ci/semver_sort.py python-v \
-              | tail -n 1)
-          fi
-          echo "Found from tag $FROM_TAG"
-          echo "from_tag=$FROM_TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      - name: Create Python Release Notes
-        id: python_release_notes
-        uses: mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action@v4
-        with:
-          configuration: .github/release_notes.json
-          toTag: ${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.tag }}
-          fromTag: ${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.from_tag }}
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Create Python GH release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
-        with:
-          prerelease: ${{ contains('beta', github.ref) }}
-          tag_name: ${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.tag }}
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          generate_release_notes: false
-          name: Python LanceDB v${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.version }}
-          body: ${{ steps.python_release_notes.outputs.changelog }}
   report-failure:
     name: Report Workflow Failure
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -256,7 +190,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
       issues: write
-    if: always() && failure() && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/python-v')
+    if: always() && failure() && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: ./.github/actions/create-failure-issue
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 26b64d182..f8bde1b00 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5378,7 +5378,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.32.0-beta.3"
+version = "0.37.0-beta.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "anyhow",
@@ -5466,7 +5466,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb-nodejs"
-version = "0.32.0-beta.3"
+version = "0.37.0-beta.0"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-buffer",
@@ -5491,7 +5491,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb-python"
-version = "0.35.0-beta.3"
+version = "0.37.0-beta.0"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/ci/bump_version.sh b/ci/bump_version.sh
index 1b3311c88..559e8ffdc 100644
--- a/ci/bump_version.sh
+++ b/ci/bump_version.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ set -e
 
 RELEASE_TYPE=${1:-"stable"}
 BUMP_MINOR=${2:-false}
-TAG_PREFIX=${3:-"v"} # Such as "python-v"
-HEAD_SHA=${4:-$(git rev-parse HEAD)}
+HEAD_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 
+readonly TAG_PREFIX="v"
 readonly SELF_DIR=$(cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
 
 PREV_TAG=$(git tag --sort='version:refname' | grep ^$TAG_PREFIX | python $SELF_DIR/semver_sort.py $TAG_PREFIX | tail -n 1)
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ echo "Found previous tag $PREV_TAG"
 
 # Initially, we don't want to tag if we are doing stable, because we will bump
 # again later. See comment at end for why.
-if [[ "$RELEASE_TYPE" == 'stable' ]]; then 
+if [[ "$RELEASE_TYPE" == 'stable' ]]; then
   BUMP_ARGS="--no-tag"
 fi
 
diff --git a/docs/src/java/java.md b/docs/src/java/java.md
index a7a010c99..891cc1674 100644
--- a/docs/src/java/java.md
+++ b/docs/src/java/java.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Add the following dependency to your `pom.xml`:
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
     <artifactId>lancedb-core</artifactId>
-    <version>0.32.0-beta.3</version>
+    <version>0.37.0-beta.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/java/lancedb-core/pom.xml b/java/lancedb-core/pom.xml
index 9333f0cc6..eb47e25f3 100644
--- a/java/lancedb-core/pom.xml
+++ b/java/lancedb-core/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
       <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
       <artifactId>lancedb-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>0.32.0-beta.3</version>
+      <version>0.37.0-beta.0</version>
       <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 721d61b93..a6ebf1165 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
     <artifactId>lancedb-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.32.0-beta.3</version>
+    <version>0.37.0-beta.0</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
     <description>LanceDB Java SDK Parent POM</description>
diff --git a/nodejs/Cargo.toml b/nodejs/Cargo.toml
index dda9c681e..aef5fd54d 100644
--- a/nodejs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nodejs/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb-nodejs"
 edition.workspace = true
-version = "0.32.0-beta.3"
+version = "0.37.0-beta.0"
 publish = false
 license.workspace = true
 description.workspace = true
diff --git a/nodejs/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json b/nodejs/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json
index f3d444fc6..618b02547 100644
--- a/nodejs/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-darwin-arm64",
-	"version": "0.32.0-beta.3",
+	"version": "0.37.0-beta.0",
 	"os": ["darwin"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.darwin-arm64.node",
diff --git a/nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-gnu/package.json b/nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-gnu/package.json
index 9aabfec02..3eb4eeaba 100644
--- a/nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-gnu/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-gnu/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-arm64-gnu",
-	"version": "0.32.0-beta.3",
+	"version": "0.37.0-beta.0",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-arm64-gnu.node",
diff --git a/nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-musl/package.json b/nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-musl/package.json
index 37f734fdc..7dbed5ae4 100644
--- a/nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-musl/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-musl/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-arm64-musl",
-	"version": "0.32.0-beta.3",
+	"version": "0.37.0-beta.0",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-arm64-musl.node",
diff --git a/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-gnu/package.json b/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-gnu/package.json
index cf7489468..733aef750 100644
--- a/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-gnu/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-gnu/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-x64-gnu",
-	"version": "0.32.0-beta.3",
+	"version": "0.37.0-beta.0",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-x64-gnu.node",
diff --git a/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-musl/package.json b/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-musl/package.json
index 46699201c..041a49cb4 100644
--- a/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-musl/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-musl/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-x64-musl",
-	"version": "0.32.0-beta.3",
+	"version": "0.37.0-beta.0",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-x64-musl.node",
diff --git a/nodejs/npm/win32-arm64-msvc/package.json b/nodejs/npm/win32-arm64-msvc/package.json
index 433d2615e..2604d021e 100644
--- a/nodejs/npm/win32-arm64-msvc/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/win32-arm64-msvc/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lancedb/lancedb-win32-arm64-msvc",
-  "version": "0.32.0-beta.3",
+  "version": "0.37.0-beta.0",
   "os": [
     "win32"
   ],
diff --git a/nodejs/npm/win32-x64-msvc/package.json b/nodejs/npm/win32-x64-msvc/package.json
index 6ff05abc1..2ee52df53 100644
--- a/nodejs/npm/win32-x64-msvc/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/win32-x64-msvc/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-win32-x64-msvc",
-	"version": "0.32.0-beta.3",
+	"version": "0.37.0-beta.0",
 	"os": ["win32"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.win32-x64-msvc.node",
diff --git a/nodejs/package-lock.json b/nodejs/package-lock.json
index 8cb52d0aa..2317c89a4 100644
--- a/nodejs/package-lock.json
+++ b/nodejs/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@lancedb/lancedb",
-  "version": "0.32.0-beta.3",
+  "version": "0.37.0-beta.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@lancedb/lancedb",
-      "version": "0.32.0-beta.3",
+      "version": "0.37.0-beta.0",
       "cpu": [
         "x64",
         "arm64"
diff --git a/nodejs/package.json b/nodejs/package.json
index 749f4b816..e9b861ad1 100644
--- a/nodejs/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "ann"
   ],
   "private": false,
-  "version": "0.32.0-beta.3",
+  "version": "0.37.0-beta.0",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "exports": {
     ".": "./dist/index.js",
diff --git a/python/.bumpversion.toml b/python/.bumpversion.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 15b9eefa9..000000000
--- a/python/.bumpversion.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-[tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.35.0-beta.3"
-parse = """(?x)
-    (?P<major>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
-    (?P<minor>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
-    (?P<patch>0|[1-9]\\d*)
-    (?:-(?P<pre_l>[a-zA-Z-]+)\\.(?P<pre_n>0|[1-9]\\d*))?
-"""
-serialize = [
-    "{major}.{minor}.{patch}-{pre_l}.{pre_n}",
-    "{major}.{minor}.{patch}",
-]
-search = "{current_version}"
-replace = "{new_version}"
-regex = false
-ignore_missing_version = false
-ignore_missing_files = false
-tag = true
-sign_tags = false
-tag_name = "python-v{new_version}"
-tag_message = "Bump version: {current_version} → {new_version}"
-allow_dirty = true
-commit = true
-message = "Bump version: {current_version} → {new_version}"
-commit_args = ""
-# bump-my-version >=1.4.0 rejects pre_commit_hooks containing shell syntax unless opted in.
-allow_shell_hooks = true
-
-# Update Cargo.lock after version bump
-pre_commit_hooks = [
-  """
-    cd python && cargo update -p lancedb-python
-    if git diff --quiet ../Cargo.lock; then
-        echo "Cargo.lock unchanged"
-    else
-        git add ../Cargo.lock
-        echo "Updated and staged Cargo.lock"
-    fi
-    """,
-]
-
-[tool.bumpversion.parts.pre_l]
-values = ["beta", "final"]
-optional_value = "final"
-
-[[tool.bumpversion.files]]
-filename = "Cargo.toml"
-search = "\nversion = \"{current_version}\""
-replace = "\nversion = \"{new_version}\""
diff --git a/python/Cargo.toml b/python/Cargo.toml
index 9a635cd64..a0e9394ec 100644
--- a/python/Cargo.toml
+++ b/python/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb-python"
-version = "0.35.0-beta.3"
+version = "0.37.0-beta.0"
 publish = false
 edition.workspace = true
 description = "Python bindings for LanceDB"
diff --git a/release_process.md b/release_process.md
index 6df46962c..f223504a7 100644
--- a/release_process.md
+++ b/release_process.md
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 # Release process
 
-There are five total packages we release. Four are the `lancedb` packages
-for Python, Rust, Java, and Node.js. The other one is the legacy `vectordb`
-package node.js.
+We release four `lancedb` packages: Python, Rust, Java, and Node.js.
 
-The Python package is versioned and released separately from the Rust, Java, and Node.js
-ones. For Node.js the release process is shared between `lancedb` and
-`vectordb` for now.
+All four share a single version number, defined by `current_version` in
+`.bumpversion.toml`. One `vX.Y.Z` tag releases all of them, so a breaking change
+in any SDK bumps the minor version for every SDK.
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> Python used to be versioned separately, under `python-vX.Y.Z` tags. It ran
+> three minor versions ahead of the other SDKs, which made the two numbers hard
+> to reason about. Both tracks were merged at `v0.37.0`: the Python line went
+> `0.36` → `0.37` as usual, while Rust, Java, and Node.js jumped `0.33` → `0.37`
+> to catch up. Tags before `v0.37.0` follow the old split scheme.
 
 ## Preview releases
 
@@ -27,20 +32,21 @@ The release process uses a handful of GitHub actions to automate the process.
   ┌─────────────────────┐
   │Create Release Commit│
   └─┬───────────────────┘
-    │                           ┌────────────┐ ┌──►Python GH Release
-    ├──►(tag) python-vX.Y.Z ───►│PyPI Publish├─┤
-    │                           └────────────┘ └──►Python Wheels
-    │
-    │                           ┌───────────┐
-    └──►(tag) vX.Y.Z ───┬──────►│NPM Publish├──┬──►Rust/Node GH Release
-                        │       └───────────┘  │
-                        │                      └──►NPM Packages
-                        │       ┌─────────────┐
-                        ├──────►│Cargo Publish├───►Cargo Release
-                        │       └─────────────┘
-                        │       ┌─────────────┐
-                        └──────►│Maven Publish├───►Java Maven Repo Release
-                                └─────────────┘
+    │                    ┌──────────────┐
+    └──►(tag) vX.Y.Z ─┬─►│GitHub Release├───►GH Release
+                      │  └──────────────┘
+                      │  ┌────────────┐
+                      ├─►│PyPI Publish├─────►Python Wheels
+                      │  └────────────┘
+                      │  ┌───────────┐
+                      ├─►│NPM Publish├──────►NPM Packages
+                      │  └───────────┘
+                      │  ┌─────────────┐
+                      ├─►│Cargo Publish├────►Cargo Release
+                      │  └─────────────┘
+                      │  ┌─────────────┐
+                      └─►│Maven Publish├────►Java Maven Repo Release
+                         └─────────────┘
 ```
 
 To start a release, trigger a `Create Release Commit` action from
diff --git a/rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml b/rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml
index 7b016556f..ad6a4e2d6 100644
--- a/rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.32.0-beta.3"
+version = "0.37.0-beta.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 description = "LanceDB: A serverless, low-latency vector database for AI applications"
 license.workspace = true