diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ea60972f..bb4979fb 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.
 
+### [7.31.6](https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/compare/v7.31.5...v7.31.6) (2026-06-11)
+
+- fix: remap reserved fields from update() metadata patches to their canonical location (67e5fc8)
+
+
 ### [7.31.5](https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/compare/v7.31.4...v7.31.5) (2026-06-11)
 
 - fix: feature-detect setVectorBackend before wiring the mmap-vector backend (a537b36)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 6e741861..e33498bd 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "7.31.5",
+  "version": "7.31.6",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-      "version": "7.31.5",
+      "version": "7.31.6",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "^3.540.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 039c521c..06093707 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "7.31.5",
+  "version": "7.31.6",
   "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",