diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index f161adfb..25efda64 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
   "packages/sdk/server-ai": "1.2.0",
   "packages/ai-providers/server-ai-langchain": "0.8.0",
   "packages/ai-providers/server-ai-openai": "0.7.0",
-  "packages/optimization": "0.2.0"
+  "packages/optimization": "0.2.1"
 }
diff --git a/packages/optimization/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/optimization/CHANGELOG.md
index b57f47f4..9b96312e 100644
--- a/packages/optimization/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/optimization/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.2.1](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk-ai/compare/ldai_optimizer-0.2.0...ldai_optimizer-0.2.1) (2026-07-20)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **optimization:** wrong install path in readme ([4f73464](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk-ai/commit/4f7346415cb7a8321df851f74a00fc4731933249))
+
 ## [0.2.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk-ai/compare/ldai_optimizer-0.1.0...ldai_optimizer-0.2.0) (2026-07-17)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/optimization/PROVENANCE.md b/packages/optimization/PROVENANCE.md
index d607c191..d1bc0649 100644
--- a/packages/optimization/PROVENANCE.md
+++ b/packages/optimization/PROVENANCE.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ To verify build provenance attestations, we recommend using the [GitHub CLI `att
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 ```
 # Set the version of the library to verify
-VERSION=0.2.0
+VERSION=0.2.1
 ```
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
 
diff --git a/packages/optimization/pyproject.toml b/packages/optimization/pyproject.toml
index f29fc742..fb4e89a0 100644
--- a/packages/optimization/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/optimization/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "launchdarkly-ai-optimizer"
-version = "0.2.0"  # x-release-please-version
+version = "0.2.1"  # x-release-please-version
 description = "LaunchDarkly AI tool — Optimization"
 authors = [{name = "LaunchDarkly", email = "dev@launchdarkly.com"}]
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
diff --git a/packages/optimization/src/ldai_optimizer/__init__.py b/packages/optimization/src/ldai_optimizer/__init__.py
index a8002977..fff13b67 100644
--- a/packages/optimization/src/ldai_optimizer/__init__.py
+++ b/packages/optimization/src/ldai_optimizer/__init__.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 )
 from ldai_optimizer.ld_api_client import LDApiError
 
-__version__ = "0.2.0"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "0.2.1"  # x-release-please-version
 
 __all__ = [
     '__version__',