diff --git a/.github/workflows/pyvespa.yml b/.github/workflows/pyvespa.yml
index fe07a632..11a437d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pyvespa.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pyvespa.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ name: pyvespa - Release and upload PyPI
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
-  release:
-    types: [published]
+  # release: Disable auto-release until actions are approved
+  #   types: [published]
 
 jobs:
   update_version:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3972aab9..8ecd2126 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "pyvespa"
-version = "0.45.0"
+version = "0.46.0"
 description = "Python API for vespa.ai"
 readme = "README.md"
 keywords = ["vespa", "search engine", "data science"]
diff --git a/vespa/__init__.py b/vespa/__init__.py
index 5fd3504f..93388a88 100644
--- a/vespa/__init__.py
+++ b/vespa/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Copyright Vespa.ai. Licensed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license. See LICENSE in the project root.
 
-__version__ = "0.45.0"
+__version__ = "0.46.0"