diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a8d186da..ec925642 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.
 
+### [10.4.1](https://source.soulcraft.com/soulcraft/brainy/compare/v10.4.0...v10.4.1) (2026-08-26)
+
+- fix(reads): the read gate is per-family; a write carrying unchanged data never re-embeds (c039411e)
+- docs(guide): the docs pipeline publishes through the ingest API — the separate deploy step is retired (21e506e8)
+
+
 ### [10.4.0](https://source.soulcraft.com/soulcraft/brainy/compare/v10.4.0-rc.4...v10.4.0) (2026-08-26)
 
 - docs(releases): the 10.4.0 entry catches up to the late trains — repair routing, the vector ledger and open-gate leg, the loud config guard, the JSON-safe crossing (834149ed)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 4c85804b..70635835 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "10.4.0",
+  "version": "10.4.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-      "version": "10.4.0",
+      "version": "10.4.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@msgpack/msgpack": "^3.1.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a8db7f0b..4125b073 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "10.4.0",
+  "version": "10.4.1",
   "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",