diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@
 
 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.
 
+## [0.46.0](https://github.com/soulcraft-research/brainy/compare/v0.45.0...v0.46.0) (2025-08-06)
+
+
+### Fixed
+
+* improve local model loading with USE-lite tokenizer support ([5eaf306](https://github.com/soulcraft-research/brainy/commit/5eaf306e76743096d1ad959e5459e0c8a886db57))
+
+
+### Added
+
+* add brainy-models-package v0.8.0 with USE-lite model ([334b469](https://github.com/soulcraft-research/brainy/commit/334b46927b8c867a751da2a536017ab09f187161))
+
+
+### Changed
+
+* add models-download to gitignore ([6e31a3c](https://github.com/soulcraft-research/brainy/commit/6e31a3c4d4d7d2bc2953b940588fc68f433530b7))
+
 ## [0.45.0](https://github.com/soulcraft-research/brainy/compare/v0.44.0...v0.45.0) (2025-08-06)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f353277d..c40019d8 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "0.45.0",
+  "version": "0.46.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-      "version": "0.45.0",
+      "version": "0.46.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "^3.540.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6d1bab85..38e7b467 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "0.45.0",
+  "version": "0.46.0",
   "description": "A vector graph database using HNSW indexing with Origin Private File System storage",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "module": "dist/index.js",