diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 295891a2..97c5d059 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 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.
 
+### [8.3.0](https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/compare/v8.2.8...v8.3.0) (2026-07-13)
+
+- docs: RELEASES.md entry for 8.3.0 (heal-cost + ADR-004 Pass 2/3) (7692c6f)
+- perf: parallel + id-only canonical enumeration (heal-cost dominant term) (ec5b933)
+- feat: registered-blob family contract — declared index blobs are undeletable (ADR-004 Pass 2) (bfa1762)
+- feat: validateIndexConsistency delegates to provider invariants (ADR-004 Pass 3) (6bcb54f)
+
+
 ### [8.2.8](https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/compare/v8.2.7...v8.2.8) (2026-07-13)
 
 - fix: honest index readiness — no silently-empty queries on a cold index (d0f69c7)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b2b3ce8c..9b0c625b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "8.2.8",
+  "version": "8.3.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-      "version": "8.2.8",
+      "version": "8.3.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@msgpack/msgpack": "^3.1.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 095737c4..d939ca3c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "8.2.8",
+  "version": "8.3.0",
   "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",