diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c4b54271..1e5d8e0e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 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.
 
+### [7.9.1](https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/compare/v7.9.0...v7.9.1) (2026-01-27)
+
+- fix: exclude __words__ keyword index from corruption detection and getStats() (364360d)
+
+
 ### [7.9.0](https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/compare/v7.8.0...v7.9.0) (2026-01-27)
 
 - chore: rebuild type embeddings for updated ContentCategory type (3911fa7)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index aaace0ec..7b1335e5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "7.9.0",
+  "version": "7.9.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-      "version": "7.9.0",
+      "version": "7.9.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "^3.540.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ebbe4bfa..1d2307bc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "7.9.0",
+  "version": "7.9.1",
   "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",