diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 27a60543e..7ae01ed68 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,46 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.157.0] - 2025-03-12
+
+### Features / Changes
+
+- Ignore encryption preferences.
+
+### API-Changes
+
+- deltachat-rpc-client: Make it possible to clone accounts.
+- deltachat-rpc-client: Add Account.device_contact.
+- deltachat-rpc-client: Add Account.get_device_chat().
+- deltechat-rpc-client: Add Account.wait_for_msgs_noticed_event().
+- ffi: Store reference pointer to Context in dc_chat_t.
+
+### Build system
+
+- Intergrate `fuzz` crate into workspace.
+- Update env_logger to get rid of unmaintained humantime dependency.
+- nix: Update NDK to 27.2.12479018.
+- Build Android wheels for PyPI.
+
+### Documentation
+
+- deltachat-rpc-client: Document Account.check_qr().
+- deltachat-rpc-client: Document Account.import_vcard().
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Update async-imap to 0.10.23 to fix division by zero.
+- Ignore hidden headers in IMF section.
+- Process Autocrypt-Gossip only after merging protected headers.
+
+### Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- cargo: Bump smallvec from 1.13.2 to 1.14.0.
+
+### Tests
+
+- Deletion request fails in an unencrypted chat and the message remains.
+- python: port `test_no_old_msg_is_fresh` to JSON-RPC.
+
 ## [1.156.3] - 2025-03-09
 
 ### API-Changes
@@ -5949,3 +5990,4 @@ https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed
 [1.156.1]: https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/compare/v1.156.0..v1.156.1
 [1.156.2]: https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/compare/v1.156.1..v1.156.2
 [1.156.3]: https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/compare/v1.156.2..v1.156.3
+[1.157.0]: https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/compare/v1.156.3..v1.157.0
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a326bd77d..6eb63ebdc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1378,7 +1378,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.156.3"
+version = "1.157.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-broadcast",
@@ -1490,7 +1490,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-jsonrpc"
-version = "1.156.3"
+version = "1.157.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-channel 2.3.1",
@@ -1515,7 +1515,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-repl"
-version = "1.156.3"
+version = "1.157.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
@@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-rpc-server"
-version = "1.156.3"
+version = "1.157.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
@@ -1560,7 +1560,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.156.3"
+version = "1.157.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d119b0dfb..1870db332 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.156.3"
+version = "1.157.0"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 rust-version = "1.81"
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
index 1b31112c6..8672a7f3e 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.156.3"
+version = "1.157.0"
 description = "Deltachat FFI"
 edition = "2018"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
index 715367421..fa77cf2e8 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-jsonrpc"
-version = "1.156.3"
+version = "1.157.0"
 description = "DeltaChat JSON-RPC API"
 edition = "2021"
 default-run = "deltachat-jsonrpc-server"
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json
index ad13148b1..c61912b18 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json
@@ -58,5 +58,5 @@
   },
   "type": "module",
   "types": "dist/deltachat.d.ts",
-  "version": "1.156.3"
+  "version": "1.157.0"
 }
diff --git a/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
index 6edf72e68..1c9c49fed 100644
--- a/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-repl"
-version = "1.156.3"
+version = "1.157.0"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 edition = "2021"
 repository = "https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust"
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml b/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml
index a426513bd..5a7aea7b7 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "deltachat-rpc-client"
-version = "1.156.3"
+version = "1.157.0"
 description = "Python client for Delta Chat core JSON-RPC interface"
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
index 769f39d5d..a7e0ce04c 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-rpc-server"
-version = "1.156.3"
+version = "1.157.0"
 description = "DeltaChat JSON-RPC server"
 edition = "2021"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json b/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json
index c720d097d..24b94b179 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
   },
   "type": "module",
   "types": "index.d.ts",
-  "version": "1.156.3"
+  "version": "1.157.0"
 }
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index 32e4cb5b9..bf3b0cedc 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.156.3"
+version = "1.157.0"
 description = "Python bindings for the Delta Chat Core library using CFFI against the Rust-implemented libdeltachat"
 readme = "README.rst"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
diff --git a/release-date.in b/release-date.in
index d8120a0c6..9fef10571 100644
--- a/release-date.in
+++ b/release-date.in
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2025-03-09
\ No newline at end of file
+2025-03-12
\ No newline at end of file