diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index f234c15d..44389a3d 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.4.14"
+  ".": "0.4.15"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 332ab37c..5bc3f930 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.4.15](https://github.com/rive-app/rive-nitro-react-native/compare/v0.4.14...v0.4.15) (2026-07-13)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **hooks:** async instance creation via useViewModelInstance({ async: true }) ([#331](https://github.com/rive-app/rive-nitro-react-native/issues/331)) ([78052b5](https://github.com/rive-app/rive-nitro-react-native/commit/78052b57ec89b0649285697afdcff9d05308a785))
+
 ## [0.4.14](https://github.com/rive-app/rive-nitro-react-native/compare/v0.4.13...v0.4.14) (2026-07-06)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b2bc6e54..9eb9c63a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@rive-app/react-native",
-  "version": "0.4.14",
+  "version": "0.4.15",
   "description": "Rive React Native",
   "main": "./lib/module/index.js",
   "types": "./lib/typescript/src/index.d.ts",