diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 23189365..f5188462 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+### [7.22.1](https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/compare/v7.22.0...v7.22.1) (2026-05-26)
+
+- fix: extraction, multi-hop traversal, and aggregate result shape (BR-ADV-FEATURES-BUN) (0a9d1d9)
+- docs: storage-adapter inheritance contract + correct the hasStorageMethod story (07754d1)
+
+
 ### [7.22.0](https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/compare/v7.21.0...v7.22.0) (2026-05-15)
 
 - fix: find()/stats() correctness + Cortex compat (BR-FIND-WHERE-ZERO, BR-DEFENSIVE-INTERFACE) (7026311)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index eaab52c6..2a4570b0 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "7.22.0",
+  "version": "7.22.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-      "version": "7.22.0",
+      "version": "7.22.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "^3.540.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 17bbfef0..2df9baf5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "7.22.0",
+  "version": "7.22.1",
   "description": "Universal Knowledge Protocol™ - World's first Triple Intelligence database unifying vector, graph, and document search in one API. Stage 3 CANONICAL: 42 nouns × 127 verbs covering 96-97% of all human knowledge.",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "module": "dist/index.js",