diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 7c6425a5..c149bbff 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.62.2
\ No newline at end of file
+0.63.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts b/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts
index 4578aacc..3a6673fc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ export interface ReleaseEntry {
 }
 
 export const RELEASE_NOTES: ReleaseEntry[] = [
+  {
+    version: "0.63.0",
+    date: "2026-08-12",
+    chores: [
+      "Hardened the download worker: each download or clip now runs in its own supervised process, so a stuck or misbehaving one can be stopped cleanly and can never freeze the rest of the download queue. No change to how downloads look or work.",
+    ],
+  },
   {
     version: "0.62.2",
     date: "2026-08-12",