diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 14052e4..0f76350 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ changed functionality, fixed bugs).
 
 # Unreleased
 
+# Version 1.24 (2026-09-10)
+
+- Normalize absolute external paths in every copied linked blend file, including unused datablocks, without packing those unused assets. This keeps merged BAT libraries portable without increasing pack size.
+- Add sequence packing through the CLI and Blender add-on, with shared dependency deduplication and Blender 5.0 compatibility fixes.
+- Embed `bat-debug.log` in ZIP packs for dependency and path-rewrite diagnostics.
 - New `bat pack-folder` subcommand: scan a directory tree for blend files, trace the dependencies of all of them, and pack the whole lot into one directory or ZIP, storing shared assets only once. Backup files (`.blend1`, …) are skipped, and `--latest-only` reduces each `name_vNNN.blend` version series to its highest version (variants like `name_vNNN_light.blend` count as their own series).
 - New "BAT - Pack Folder" operator in the add-on (`File > External Data > BAT`), offering the same folder scan and options.
 - Fix packing a blend file that is both packed itself and referenced by another packed blend file through an absolute path: it is now packed at its own place in the pack, and the referring file is rewritten to point there, instead of the file being packed into `_outside_project`. This also affects `bat pack-sequence`.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4e7a051..d7a588a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -173,6 +173,6 @@ index-servers =
 pip install twine
 
 poetry build
-poetry run twine check dist/blender_asset_tracer-1.21.tar.gz dist/blender_asset_tracer-1.21-*.whl
-poetry run twine upload -r bat dist/blender_asset_tracer-1.21.tar.gz dist/blender_asset_tracer-1.21-*.whl
+poetry run twine check dist/blender_asset_tracer-1.24.tar.gz dist/blender_asset_tracer-1.24-*.whl
+poetry run twine upload -r bat dist/blender_asset_tracer-1.24.tar.gz dist/blender_asset_tracer-1.24-*.whl
 ```
diff --git a/blender_asset_tracer/__init__.py b/blender_asset_tracer/__init__.py
index 6b22db9..df8f69d 100644
--- a/blender_asset_tracer/__init__.py
+++ b/blender_asset_tracer/__init__.py
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
 
 # <pep8 compliant>
 
-__version__ = "1.21"
+__version__ = "1.24"
 
 bl_info = {
     "name": "Blender Asset Tracer",
     "author": "Campbell Barton, Sybren A. St\u00fcvel, Lo\u00efc Charri\u00e8re, Cl\u00e9ment Ducarteron, Mario Hawat, Joseph Henry",
-    "version": (1, 21, 0),
+    "version": (1, 24, 0),
     "blender": (2, 80, 0),
     "location": "File > External Data > BAT",
     "description": "Utility for packing blend files",
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 730d5e1..88249d6 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ copyright = '2018, Sybren A. Stüvel'
 author = 'Sybren A. Stüvel'
 
 # The short X.Y version
-version = '1.21'
+version = '1.24'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '1.21'
+release = '1.24'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6d7e81a..ed2b5bc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "blender-asset-tracer"
-version = "1.21"
+version = "1.24"
 homepage = 'https://developer.blender.org/project/profile/79/'
 
 description = "BAT parses Blend files and produces dependency information. After installation run `bat --help`"