diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e0fbe52..f14bdbf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,27 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ---
 
+## [0.6.3] — 2026-07-16
+
+### Fixed
+- `mypy` config: bumped `python_version` to `3.12` so NumPy 2.x stubs parse
+  correctly, and added the missing type annotations in `RasterBackend` and
+  `dissmodel.io.raster` that the stricter parse surfaced.
+
+### Changed
+- README badges: refreshed the coverage badge (55% → 79%, stale since 0.6.1)
+  and renamed the `LambdaGeo` badge label to `DisSModel`.
+
+### Internal
+- JOSS paper (`paper.md` / `paper.bib`) revised in response to reviewer
+  feedback (openjournals/joss-reviews#10827): added a CRediT-style
+  contribution statement for all five authors, expanded the Research Impact
+  Statement and AI Usage Disclosure, corrected reproducibility pointers and
+  several bibliography entries, and trimmed the body text to fit the JOSS
+  1,750-word limit.
+
+---
+
 ## [0.6.2] — 2026-06-15
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index f5a62e8..95c6134 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ authors:
     given-names: "Denilson da Silva"
     orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9567-7828"
 title: "DisSModel: A Python Framework for Spatially Explicit Dynamic Modeling"
-version: 0.6.0
-date-released: 2026-04-12
+version: 0.6.3
+date-released: 2026-07-16
 url: "https://github.com/DisSModel/dissmodel"
 repository-code: "https://github.com/DisSModel/dissmodel"
 license: MIT
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 17434e7..ba5133a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "dissmodel"
-version = "0.6.2"
+version = "0.6.3"
 description = "Discrete Spatial Modeling framework for raster and vector simulations"
 readme = { file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }
 requires-python = ">=3.10"