diff --git a/common/go.mod b/common/go.mod
index 538b25671a..4e82902a09 100644
--- a/common/go.mod
+++ b/common/go.mod
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.3.1
 	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.4.3
-	go.podman.io/image/v5 v5.0.0-20250826054041-6e4bed3c9118
+	go.podman.io/image/v5 v5.37.0
 	go.podman.io/storage v1.60.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.41.0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.16.0
diff --git a/common/go.sum b/common/go.sum
index b596e8278b..8f249e96b7 100644
--- a/common/go.sum
+++ b/common/go.sum
@@ -306,8 +306,8 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.35.0 h1:dPpEfJu1sDIqruz7BHFG3c7528f6ddfSWfFDVt
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.35.0/go.mod h1:WUk7DtFp1Aw2MkvqGdwiXYDZZNvA/1J8o6xRXLrIkyc=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.5.0 h1:xJvq7gMzB31/d406fB8U5CBdyQGw4P399D1aQWU/3i4=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.5.0/go.mod h1:keN8WnHxOy8PG0rQZjJJ5A2ebUoafqWp0eVQ4yIXvJ4=
-go.podman.io/image/v5 v5.0.0-20250826054041-6e4bed3c9118 h1:kbCAwuBu44/PsEN3Fj5JPSZZUjTAiTIpBC5yCmUBV6A=
-go.podman.io/image/v5 v5.0.0-20250826054041-6e4bed3c9118/go.mod h1:lW/CAHGbk1XF38SBTS3JoFZMnuW1CrU6ViTY3NxcBqQ=
+go.podman.io/image/v5 v5.37.0 h1:yzgQybwuWIIeK63hu+mQqna/wOh96XD5cpVc6j8Dg5M=
+go.podman.io/image/v5 v5.37.0/go.mod h1:+s2Sx5dia/jVeT8tI3r2NAPrARMiDdbEq3QPIQogx3I=
 go.podman.io/storage v1.60.0 h1:bWNSrR58nxg39VNFDSx3m0AswbvyzPGOo5XsUfomTao=
 go.podman.io/storage v1.60.0/go.mod h1:NK+rsWJVuQeCM7ifv7cxD3abegWxwtW/3OkuSUJJoE4=
 go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.6.0 h1:O3y2/QNTOdbF+e/dpXNNW7Rx2hZ4sTIPyybbxyNqTUs=
diff --git a/common/version/version.go b/common/version/version.go
index f78557ae2b..bdfd10c645 100644
--- a/common/version/version.go
+++ b/common/version/version.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 package version
 
 // Version is the version of the build.
-const Version = "0.65.0-dev"
+const Version = "0.66.0-dev"
diff --git a/image/version/version.go b/image/version/version.go
index e577735ee1..ac62a17cec 100644
--- a/image/version/version.go
+++ b/image/version/version.go
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ const (
 	// VersionMajor is for an API incompatible changes
 	VersionMajor = 5
 	// VersionMinor is for functionality in a backwards-compatible manner
-	VersionMinor = 37
+	VersionMinor = 38
 	// VersionPatch is for backwards-compatible bug fixes
 	VersionPatch = 0
 
 	// VersionDev indicates development branch. Releases will be empty string.
-	VersionDev = ""
+	VersionDev = "-dev"
 )
 
 // Version is the specification version that the package types support.
diff --git a/storage/VERSION b/storage/VERSION
index 4d5fde5bd1..8a37c6cd9c 100644
--- a/storage/VERSION
+++ b/storage/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.60.0
+1.61.0-dev