diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c8ebdbe5..722d1f67 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 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.
 
+### [5.3.5](https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/compare/v5.3.4...v5.3.5) (2025-11-05)
+
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+* resolve fork + checkout workflow with COW file listing and branch persistence ([189b1b0](https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/commit/189b1b05dec4daad28a9ce7e0840ffaaf675ecfa))
+
 ### [5.3.0](https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/compare/v5.2.1...v5.3.0) (2025-11-04)
 
 - feat: add entity versioning system with critical bug fixes (v5.3.0) (c488fa8)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8edd6eaf..ae6dd84e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "5.3.4",
+  "version": "5.3.5",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-      "version": "5.3.4",
+      "version": "5.3.5",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "^3.540.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 07a01298..d7a22411 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "5.3.4",
+  "version": "5.3.5",
   "description": "Universal Knowledge Protocol™ - World's first Triple Intelligence database unifying vector, graph, and document search in one API. 31 nouns × 40 verbs for infinite expressiveness.",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "module": "dist/index.js",