diff --git a/src/tidesdb.lua b/src/tidesdb.lua
index 8a0dd46..2a2eb20 100644
--- a/src/tidesdb.lua
+++ b/src/tidesdb.lua
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ ffi.cdef[[
     // Column family functions
     int tidesdb_create_column_family(void* db, const char* name, tidesdb_column_family_config_t* config);
     int tidesdb_drop_column_family(void* db, const char* name);
+    int tidesdb_delete_column_family(void* db, void* cf);
     int tidesdb_rename_column_family(void* db, const char* old_name, const char* new_name);
     int tidesdb_clone_column_family(void* db, const char* source_name, const char* dest_name);
     void* tidesdb_get_column_family(void* db, const char* name);
@@ -909,6 +910,15 @@ function TidesDB:drop_column_family(name)
     check_result(result, "failed to drop column family")
 end
 
+function TidesDB:delete_column_family(cf)
+    if self._closed then
+        error(TidesDBError.new("Database is closed"))
+    end
+
+    local result = lib.tidesdb_delete_column_family(self._db, cf._cf)
+    check_result(result, "failed to delete column family")
+end
+
 function TidesDB:rename_column_family(old_name, new_name)
     if self._closed then
         error(TidesDBError.new("Database is closed"))
@@ -1092,6 +1102,6 @@ function tidesdb.save_config_to_ini(ini_file, section_name, config)
 end
 
 -- Version
-tidesdb._VERSION = "0.5.4"
+tidesdb._VERSION = "0.5.5"
 
 return tidesdb
diff --git a/tests/test_tidesdb.lua b/tests/test_tidesdb.lua
index 6be9be5..17f8b2b 100644
--- a/tests/test_tidesdb.lua
+++ b/tests/test_tidesdb.lua
@@ -762,6 +762,117 @@ function tests.test_commit_hook()
     print("PASS: test_commit_hook")
 end
 
+function tests.test_delete_column_family()
+    local path = "./test_db_delete_cf"
+    cleanup_db(path)
+    
+    local db = tidesdb.TidesDB.open(path)
+    db:create_column_family("test_cf")
+    local cf = db:get_column_family("test_cf")
+    
+    -- Insert data
+    local txn = db:begin_txn()
+    txn:put(cf, "key1", "value1")
+    txn:commit()
+    txn:free()
+    
+    -- Delete column family by pointer
+    db:delete_column_family(cf)
+    
+    -- Verify column family no longer exists
+    local err = assert_error(function()
+        db:get_column_family("test_cf")
+    end, "test_cf should not exist after delete")
+    
+    db:close()
+    cleanup_db(path)
+    print("PASS: test_delete_column_family")
+end
+
+function tests.test_iterator_seek()
+    local path = "./test_db_iter_seek"
+    cleanup_db(path)
+    
+    local db = tidesdb.TidesDB.open(path)
+    db:create_column_family("test_cf")
+    local cf = db:get_column_family("test_cf")
+    
+    -- Insert ordered data
+    local txn = db:begin_txn()
+    txn:put(cf, "key:0001", "val1")
+    txn:put(cf, "key:0002", "val2")
+    txn:put(cf, "key:0003", "val3")
+    txn:put(cf, "key:0004", "val4")
+    txn:put(cf, "key:0005", "val5")
+    txn:commit()
+    txn:free()
+    
+    -- Test seek to specific key
+    local read_txn = db:begin_txn()
+    local iter = read_txn:new_iterator(cf)
+    
+    iter:seek("key:0003")
+    assert_true(iter:valid(), "iterator should be valid after seek")
+    assert_eq(iter:key(), "key:0003", "seek should find exact key")
+    
+    -- Test seek_for_prev
+    iter:seek_for_prev("key:0004")
+    assert_true(iter:valid(), "iterator should be valid after seek_for_prev")
+    assert_eq(iter:key(), "key:0004", "seek_for_prev should find exact key")
+    
+    -- Test seek to non-existent key (should find next key >= target)
+    iter:seek("key:0002x")
+    assert_true(iter:valid(), "iterator should be valid after seek to non-existent key")
+    assert_eq(iter:key(), "key:0003", "seek should find next key >= target")
+    
+    iter:free()
+    read_txn:free()
+    
+    db:drop_column_family("test_cf")
+    db:close()
+    cleanup_db(path)
+    print("PASS: test_iterator_seek")
+end
+
+function tests.test_multi_cf_transaction()
+    local path = "./test_db_multi_cf"
+    cleanup_db(path)
+    
+    local db = tidesdb.TidesDB.open(path)
+    db:create_column_family("cf_a")
+    db:create_column_family("cf_b")
+    local cf_a = db:get_column_family("cf_a")
+    local cf_b = db:get_column_family("cf_b")
+    
+    -- Atomic transaction across two column families
+    local txn = db:begin_txn()
+    txn:put(cf_a, "user:1", "Alice")
+    txn:put(cf_b, "order:1", "user:1|item:A")
+    txn:commit()
+    txn:free()
+    
+    -- Verify both CFs have data
+    local read_txn = db:begin_txn()
+    local user = read_txn:get(cf_a, "user:1")
+    local order = read_txn:get(cf_b, "order:1")
+    assert_eq(user, "Alice", "cf_a should have user data")
+    assert_eq(order, "user:1|item:A", "cf_b should have order data")
+    read_txn:free()
+    
+    -- Verify independence: data in cf_a is not in cf_b
+    local verify_txn = db:begin_txn()
+    local err = assert_error(function()
+        verify_txn:get(cf_b, "user:1")
+    end, "user:1 should not exist in cf_b")
+    verify_txn:free()
+    
+    db:drop_column_family("cf_a")
+    db:drop_column_family("cf_b")
+    db:close()
+    cleanup_db(path)
+    print("PASS: test_multi_cf_transaction")
+end
+
 function tests.test_max_memory_usage()
     local path = "./test_db_max_mem"
     cleanup_db(path)
diff --git a/tidesdb-0.5.4-1.rockspec b/tidesdb-0.5.5-1.rockspec
similarity index 95%
rename from tidesdb-0.5.4-1.rockspec
rename to tidesdb-0.5.5-1.rockspec
index b7bc028..cb1a1bd 100644
--- a/tidesdb-0.5.4-1.rockspec
+++ b/tidesdb-0.5.5-1.rockspec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package = "tidesdb"
-version = "0.5.4-1"
+version = "0.5.5-1"
 source = {
    url = "git://github.com/tidesdb/tidesdb-lua.git",
-   tag = "v0.5.4"
+   tag = "v0.5.5"
 }
 description = {
    summary = "Official Lua bindings for TidesDB - A high-performance embedded key-value storage engine",