diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 17f5d0c5..457cbd0f 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.
 
+### [8.0.14](https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/compare/v8.0.13...v8.0.14) (2026-07-07)
+
+- docs: RELEASES.md entry for 8.0.14 (migration preserves branch-scoped non-entity state) (64188a3)
+- fix: 7→8 migration preserves branch-scoped non-entity state instead of deleting it (a93bb4e)
+
+
 ### [8.0.13](https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/compare/v8.0.12...v8.0.13) (2026-07-07)
 
 - docs: RELEASES.md entry for 8.0.13 (accurate boot log for established stores) (38e8de5)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index acb5c415..978500d1 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "8.0.13",
+  "version": "8.0.14",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-      "version": "8.0.13",
+      "version": "8.0.14",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@msgpack/msgpack": "^3.1.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7bdaed52..1074e624 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "8.0.13",
+  "version": "8.0.14",
   "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",