diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 365011a..889c969 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 
 ### 1.6.*
 
+#### 1.6.5 - 24-12-04 - Bump Pydantic Minimum
+
+**Bugfix**
+- [#36](https://github.com/p2p-ld/numpydantic/issues/36), [#37](https://github.com/p2p-ld/numpydantic/pull/37) - [@gerhardadler](https://github.com/gerhardadler) identifies that serialization context was only introduced in pydantic 2.7, minimum pydantic version has been updated accordingly
+
 #### 1.6.4 - 24-10-11 - Combinatoric Testing
 
 PR: https://github.com/p2p-ld/numpydantic/pull/31
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bbbce4c..282183e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 [project]
 name = "numpydantic"
-version = "1.6.4"
+version = "1.6.5"
 description = "Type and shape validation and serialization for arbitrary array types in pydantic models"
 authors = [
     {name = "sneakers-the-rat", email = "sneakers-the-rat@protonmail.com"},
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "pydantic>=2.3.0",
+    "pydantic>=2.7.0",
     "numpy>=1.24.0",
     "typing-extensions>=4.11.0;python_version<'3.11'"
 ]