diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 347c3739ffe3..24ecb9e04970 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ exclude = [
 ]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.33.2"
+version = "0.34.0"
 authors = ["Ritchie Vink <ritchie46@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 homepage = "https://www.pola.rs/"
@@ -64,21 +64,21 @@ ryu = "1.0.13"
 lexical-core = "0.8.5"
 percent-encoding = "2.3"
 xxhash-rust = { version = "0.8.6", features = ["xxh3"] }
-polars-core = { version = "0.33.2", path = "crates/polars-core", default-features = false }
-polars-plan = { version = "0.33.2", path = "crates/polars-plan", default-features = false }
-polars-lazy = { version = "0.33.2", path = "crates/polars-lazy", default-features = false }
-polars-pipe = { version = "0.33.2", path = "crates/polars-pipe", default-features = false }
-polars-row = { version = "0.33.2", path = "crates/polars-row", default-features = false }
-polars-ffi = { version = "0.33.2", path = "crates/polars-ffi", default-features = false }
-polars-ops = { version = "0.33.2", path = "crates/polars-ops", default-features = false }
-polars-sql = { version = "0.33.2", path = "crates/polars-sql", default-features = false }
-polars-algo = { version = "0.33.2", path = "crates/polars-algo", default-features = false }
-polars-time = { version = "0.33.2", path = "crates/polars-time", default-features = false }
-polars-utils = { version = "0.33.2", path = "crates/polars-utils", default-features = false }
-polars-io = { version = "0.33.2", path = "crates/polars-io", default-features = false }
-polars-error = { version = "0.33.2", path = "crates/polars-error", default-features = false }
-polars-json = { version = "0.33.2", path = "crates/polars-json", default-features = false }
-polars = { version = "0.33.2", path = "crates/polars", default-features = false }
+polars-core = { version = "0.34.0", path = "crates/polars-core", default-features = false }
+polars-plan = { version = "0.34.0", path = "crates/polars-plan", default-features = false }
+polars-lazy = { version = "0.34.0", path = "crates/polars-lazy", default-features = false }
+polars-pipe = { version = "0.34.0", path = "crates/polars-pipe", default-features = false }
+polars-row = { version = "0.34.0", path = "crates/polars-row", default-features = false }
+polars-ffi = { version = "0.34.0", path = "crates/polars-ffi", default-features = false }
+polars-ops = { version = "0.34.0", path = "crates/polars-ops", default-features = false }
+polars-sql = { version = "0.34.0", path = "crates/polars-sql", default-features = false }
+polars-algo = { version = "0.34.0", path = "crates/polars-algo", default-features = false }
+polars-time = { version = "0.34.0", path = "crates/polars-time", default-features = false }
+polars-utils = { version = "0.34.0", path = "crates/polars-utils", default-features = false }
+polars-io = { version = "0.34.0", path = "crates/polars-io", default-features = false }
+polars-error = { version = "0.34.0", path = "crates/polars-error", default-features = false }
+polars-json = { version = "0.34.0", path = "crates/polars-json", default-features = false }
+polars = { version = "0.34.0", path = "crates/polars", default-features = false }
 rand_distr = "0.4"
 reqwest = { version = "0.11", default-features = false }
 arrow-array = { version = ">=41", default-features = false }
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ avro-schema = { version = "0.3" }
 
 [workspace.dependencies.arrow]
 package = "polars-arrow"
-version = "0.33.2"
+version = "0.34.0"
 path = "crates/polars-arrow"
 default-features = false
 features = [
diff --git a/crates/polars-arrow/Cargo.toml b/crates/polars-arrow/Cargo.toml
index 58fb4d3ff72e..d94131f278a4 100644
--- a/crates/polars-arrow/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/polars-arrow/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ authors = [
 ]
 edition = { workspace = true }
 homepage = { workspace = true }
-license = "Apache 2.0 AND MIT"
+license-file = "./LICENSE"
 repository = { workspace = true }
 description = "Minimal implementation of the Arrow specification forked from arrow2."
 
diff --git a/py-polars/Cargo.lock b/py-polars/Cargo.lock
index 0f0da8715396..e7d75b46fd38 100644
--- a/py-polars/Cargo.lock
+++ b/py-polars/Cargo.lock
@@ -1576,7 +1576,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "polars"
-version = "0.33.2"
+version = "0.34.0"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
  "polars-core",
@@ -1590,7 +1590,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "polars-algo"
-version = "0.33.2"
+version = "0.34.0"
 dependencies = [
  "polars-core",
  "polars-lazy",
@@ -1599,7 +1599,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "polars-arrow"
-version = "0.33.2"
+version = "0.34.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "arrow-format",
@@ -1633,7 +1633,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "polars-core"
-version = "0.33.2"
+version = "0.34.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "bitflags 2.4.0",
@@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "polars-error"
-version = "0.33.2"
+version = "0.34.0"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-format",
  "avro-schema",
@@ -1679,7 +1679,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "polars-ffi"
-version = "0.33.2"
+version = "0.34.0"
 dependencies = [
  "polars-arrow",
  "polars-core",
@@ -1687,7 +1687,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "polars-io"
-version = "0.33.2"
+version = "0.34.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "async-trait",
@@ -1729,7 +1729,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "polars-json"
-version = "0.33.2"
+version = "0.34.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "chrono",
@@ -1748,7 +1748,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "polars-lazy"
-version = "0.33.2"
+version = "0.34.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "bitflags 2.4.0",
@@ -1773,7 +1773,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "polars-ops"
-version = "0.33.2"
+version = "0.34.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "argminmax",
@@ -1805,7 +1805,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "polars-pipe"
-version = "0.33.2"
+version = "0.34.0"
 dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-channel",
  "crossbeam-queue",
@@ -1827,7 +1827,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "polars-plan"
-version = "0.33.2"
+version = "0.34.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "bytemuck",
@@ -1855,7 +1855,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "polars-row"
-version = "0.33.2"
+version = "0.34.0"
 dependencies = [
  "polars-arrow",
  "polars-error",
@@ -1864,7 +1864,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "polars-sql"
-version = "0.33.2"
+version = "0.34.0"
 dependencies = [
  "polars-arrow",
  "polars-core",
@@ -1879,7 +1879,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "polars-time"
-version = "0.33.2"
+version = "0.34.0"
 dependencies = [
  "atoi",
  "chrono",
@@ -1898,7 +1898,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "polars-utils"
-version = "0.33.2"
+version = "0.34.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "bytemuck",