From b22f36384ae5aeb350909f0ae1068409f9efb121 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tania Mathern <mathern@adobe.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 09:24:42 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Export settings

---
 pyproject.toml       | 2 +-
 src/c2pa/__init__.py | 6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d4722df1..dc370403 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "c2pa-python"
-version = "0.27.1"
+version = "0.28.0"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "Python bindings for the C2PA Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI) library"
 readme = { file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }
diff --git a/src/c2pa/__init__.py b/src/c2pa/__init__.py
index c2a89d73..96925b85 100644
--- a/src/c2pa/__init__.py
+++ b/src/c2pa/__init__.py
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
     Signer,
     Stream,
     sdk_version,
-    read_ingredient_file
+    read_ingredient_file,
+    load_settings
 )  # NOQA
 
 # Re-export C2paError and its subclasses
@@ -39,5 +40,6 @@
     'Signer',
     'Stream',
     'sdk_version',
-    'read_ingredient_file'
+    'read_ingredient_file',
+    'load_settings'
 ]