diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 631b2f89..2f5e705d 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.
 
+### [3.40.3](https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/compare/v3.40.2...v3.40.3) (2025-10-13)
+
+- fix: prevent metadata index file pollution by excluding high-cardinality fields (0c86c4f)
+
+
 ### [3.40.2](https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/compare/v3.40.1...v3.40.2) (2025-10-13)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c9a25916..ac427d08 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "3.40.2",
+  "version": "3.40.3",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-      "version": "3.40.2",
+      "version": "3.40.3",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "^3.540.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 17a1883c..3c9f5b1e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "3.40.2",
+  "version": "3.40.3",
   "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",