diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 82f078d..bc86e4a 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.37.2"
+  ".": "0.38.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 71c3447..eab99a0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.38.0](https://github.com/webstreamr/webstreamr/compare/v0.37.2...v0.38.0) (2025-07-18)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add health endpoint ([cd19f1c](https://github.com/webstreamr/webstreamr/commit/cd19f1c99965fafc2b7d59712b61a47fcd69c410))
+
+
+### Code Refactoring
+
+* extract context creation ([5555ba7](https://github.com/webstreamr/webstreamr/commit/5555ba70407b68680fdfe8d1c4a2a41d0e49c00e))
+
 ## [0.37.2](https://github.com/webstreamr/webstreamr/compare/v0.37.1...v0.37.2) (2025-07-17)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e5fc128..d372ca9 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "webstreamr",
-  "version": "0.37.2",
+  "version": "0.38.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "webstreamr",
-      "version": "0.37.2",
+      "version": "0.38.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@isaacs/ttlcache": "^1.4.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b3ee239..d3e8c85 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "webstreamr",
   "description": "Provides HTTP URLs from streaming websites.",
-  "version": "0.37.2",
+  "version": "0.38.0",
   "type": "commonjs",
   "scripts": {
     "analyse": "tsc --noEmit --project ./tsconfig.dev.json",
diff --git a/src/utils/manifest.ts b/src/utils/manifest.ts
index c4725f4..6ea44a5 100644
--- a/src/utils/manifest.ts
+++ b/src/utils/manifest.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const typedEntries = <T extends object>(obj: T): [keyof T, T[keyof T]][] => (Obj
 export const buildManifest = (sources: Source[], config: Config): ManifestWithConfig => {
   const manifest: ManifestWithConfig = {
     id: envGetAppId(),
-    version: '0.37.2', // x-release-please-version
+    version: '0.38.0', // x-release-please-version
     name: envGetAppName(),
     description: 'Provides HTTP URLs from streaming websites.',
     resources: [