diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fa892c6a..1720eabc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,18 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 
+## [[0.19.3](https://github.com/Devolutions/sspi-rs/compare/sspi-v0.19.2...sspi-v0.19.3)] - 2026-04-27
+
+### <!-- 4 -->Bug Fixes
+
+- Remove legacy UTF-16 helpers ([#648](https://github.com/Devolutions/sspi-rs/issues/648)) ([b8f21e1bf3](https://github.com/Devolutions/sspi-rs/commit/b8f21e1bf33eea2f66a1818c3c190bca5be6e568)) 
+
+### <!-- 99 -->Please Sort
+
+- Add KDC connect timeout to prevent 75s hang on unreachable KDC ([#647](https://github.com/Devolutions/sspi-rs/issues/647)) ([abb9ffe16d](https://github.com/Devolutions/sspi-rs/commit/abb9ffe16d86941290466c7a53b56d1f0b738f18)) 
+
+
+
 ## [[0.19.2](https://github.com/Devolutions/sspi-rs/compare/sspi-v0.19.1...sspi-v0.19.2)] - 2026-03-26
 
 ### <!-- 4 -->Bug Fixes
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6da2181f..f385ac4d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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+ "rand 0.9.4",
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
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diff --git a/crates/winscard/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/winscard/CHANGELOG.md
index ce714414..13950e99 100644
--- a/crates/winscard/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/winscard/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 
+## [[0.3.1](https://github.com/Devolutions/sspi-rs/compare/winscard-v0.3.0...winscard-v0.3.1)] - 2026-04-27
+
+### <!-- 4 -->Bug Fixes
+
+- Remove legacy UTF-16 helpers ([#648](https://github.com/Devolutions/sspi-rs/issues/648)) ([b8f21e1bf3](https://github.com/Devolutions/sspi-rs/commit/b8f21e1bf33eea2f66a1818c3c190bca5be6e568)) 
+
+
+
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 ### <!-- 1 -->Features
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index bc326d6f..0204ab7c 100644
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