diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0bffb29c..f2920593 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.
 
+### [8.0.11](https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/compare/v8.0.10...v8.0.11) (2026-07-02)
+
+- fix: no script shape can hang on brainy's internals — unref every maintenance timer + one-shot beforeExit (30eacbd)
+- docs: RELEASES.md entry for 8.0.10 (clean process exit after close) (2da2736)
+
+
 ### [8.0.10](https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/compare/v8.0.9...v8.0.10) (2026-07-02)
 
 - fix: a bare script now exits cleanly after close() — release every process keep-alive (c540d63)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 6507132f..b0c41e43 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "8.0.10",
+  "version": "8.0.11",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-      "version": "8.0.10",
+      "version": "8.0.11",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@msgpack/msgpack": "^3.1.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 69056368..da86444b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "8.0.10",
+  "version": "8.0.11",
   "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",