diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index adf52b5f..272f4174 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 7.5.1 - 2026-01-07
+
+fix: avoid return from finally block to fix Python 3.14 SyntaxWarning (#361)[https://github.com/PostHog/posthog-python/pull/361] - thanks @jodal
+
 # 7.5.0 - 2026-01-06
 
 feat: Capture Langchain, OpenAI and Anthropic errors as exceptions (if exception autocapture is enabled)
diff --git a/posthog/consumer.py b/posthog/consumer.py
index cbb77fd1..021d4343 100644
--- a/posthog/consumer.py
+++ b/posthog/consumer.py
@@ -84,12 +84,16 @@ def upload(self):
             self.log.error("error uploading: %s", e)
             success = False
             if self.on_error:
-                self.on_error(e, batch)
+                try:
+                    self.on_error(e, batch)
+                except Exception as e:
+                    self.log.error("on_error handler failed: %s", e)
         finally:
             # mark items as acknowledged from queue
             for item in batch:
                 self.queue.task_done()
-            return success
+
+        return success
 
     def next(self):
         """Return the next batch of items to upload."""
diff --git a/posthog/version.py b/posthog/version.py
index 337cf760..353acdce 100644
--- a/posthog/version.py
+++ b/posthog/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = "7.5.0"
+VERSION = "7.5.1"
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     print(VERSION, end="")  # noqa: T201