diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index f2863752..29c535cb 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.90.0"
+  ".": "0.91.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f6add314..368d2550 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.91.0](https://github.com/kernel/kernel-python-sdk/compare/v0.90.0...v0.91.0) (2026-08-13)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Require a name on credential providers and backfill unnamed rows ([0d5a4c2](https://github.com/kernel/kernel-python-sdk/commit/0d5a4c29be2e2bc0a216436cbda4bc8602784d02))
+
 ## [0.90.0](https://github.com/kernel/kernel-python-sdk/compare/v0.89.0...v0.90.0) (2026-08-12)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 521e38c9..1c078ba3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "kernel"
-version = "0.90.0"
+version = "0.91.0"
 description = "The official Python library for the kernel API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/kernel/_version.py b/src/kernel/_version.py
index 8933bc49..06739f24 100644
--- a/src/kernel/_version.py
+++ b/src/kernel/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "kernel"
-__version__ = "0.90.0"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "0.91.0"  # x-release-please-version
diff --git a/src/kernel/resources/credential_providers.py b/src/kernel/resources/credential_providers.py
index de079a8c..6a003f99 100644
--- a/src/kernel/resources/credential_providers.py
+++ b/src/kernel/resources/credential_providers.py
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ def create(
         Args:
           token: Service account token for the provider (e.g., 1Password service account token)
 
-          name: Human-readable name for this provider instance (unique per org)
+          name: Human-readable name for this provider instance (unique per org). Surrounding
+              whitespace is trimmed and the trimmed value must be non-empty.
 
           provider_type: Type of credential provider
 
@@ -163,7 +164,8 @@ def update(
 
           enabled: Whether the provider is enabled for credential lookups
 
-          name: Human-readable name for this provider instance
+          name: Human-readable name for this provider instance. Surrounding whitespace is
+              trimmed and the trimmed value must be non-empty.
 
           priority: Priority order for credential lookups (lower numbers are checked first)
 
@@ -392,7 +394,8 @@ async def create(
         Args:
           token: Service account token for the provider (e.g., 1Password service account token)
 
-          name: Human-readable name for this provider instance (unique per org)
+          name: Human-readable name for this provider instance (unique per org). Surrounding
+              whitespace is trimmed and the trimmed value must be non-empty.
 
           provider_type: Type of credential provider
 
@@ -482,7 +485,8 @@ async def update(
 
           enabled: Whether the provider is enabled for credential lookups
 
-          name: Human-readable name for this provider instance
+          name: Human-readable name for this provider instance. Surrounding whitespace is
+              trimmed and the trimmed value must be non-empty.
 
           priority: Priority order for credential lookups (lower numbers are checked first)
 
diff --git a/src/kernel/types/credential_provider_create_params.py b/src/kernel/types/credential_provider_create_params.py
index ea531c7d..7076ff72 100644
--- a/src/kernel/types/credential_provider_create_params.py
+++ b/src/kernel/types/credential_provider_create_params.py
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ class CredentialProviderCreateParams(TypedDict, total=False):
     """Service account token for the provider (e.g., 1Password service account token)"""
 
     name: Required[str]
-    """Human-readable name for this provider instance (unique per org)"""
+    """Human-readable name for this provider instance (unique per org).
+
+    Surrounding whitespace is trimmed and the trimmed value must be non-empty.
+    """
 
     provider_type: Required[Literal["onepassword"]]
     """Type of credential provider"""
diff --git a/src/kernel/types/credential_provider_update_params.py b/src/kernel/types/credential_provider_update_params.py
index b2dda02b..272a7661 100644
--- a/src/kernel/types/credential_provider_update_params.py
+++ b/src/kernel/types/credential_provider_update_params.py
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ class CredentialProviderUpdateParams(TypedDict, total=False):
     """Whether the provider is enabled for credential lookups"""
 
     name: str
-    """Human-readable name for this provider instance"""
+    """Human-readable name for this provider instance.
+
+    Surrounding whitespace is trimmed and the trimmed value must be non-empty.
+    """
 
     priority: int
     """Priority order for credential lookups (lower numbers are checked first)"""