diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- 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.
 
+### [7.20.0](https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/compare/v7.19.19...v7.20.0) (2026-04-10)
+
+- refactor: delete dead sparse index write path (11be039)
+- feat: unified column store for filtering + sorting at billion scale (46583f2)
+
+
 ### [7.19.19](https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/compare/v7.19.18...v7.19.19) (2026-04-09)
 
 - refactor: migrate aggregation + neural field reads to resolveEntityField (108e2bc)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index cca1adb4..98dd4bb0 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "7.19.19",
+  "version": "7.20.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-      "version": "7.19.19",
+      "version": "7.20.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "^3.540.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cebae5ea..5a5cbe5a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "7.19.19",
+  "version": "7.20.0",
   "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",