diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 7ee77ec..7ca97d3 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "7.9.0-alpha.1"
+  ".": "7.9.1-alpha.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cacbffa..943ffd3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 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.
 
+## [7.9.1-alpha.1](https://github.com/MapColonies/raster-shared/compare/v7.9.0-alpha.1...v7.9.1-alpha.1) (2025-12-30)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* ensure newline at end of publish workflow file ([#169](https://github.com/MapColonies/raster-shared/issues/169)) ([b916274](https://github.com/MapColonies/raster-shared/commit/b916274e81027a8b172b2b243813eb2e7c17f92a))
+
 ## [7.9.0-alpha.1](https://github.com/MapColonies/raster-shared/compare/v7.8.0-alpha.1...v7.9.0-alpha.1) (2025-12-30)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 10a21b5..a30b3a5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@map-colonies/raster-shared",
-  "version": "7.9.0-alpha.1",
+  "version": "7.9.1-alpha.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@map-colonies/raster-shared",
-      "version": "7.9.0-alpha.1",
+      "version": "7.9.1-alpha.1",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "@map-colonies/mc-priority-queue": "^8.2.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b21451c..6ff34ef 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@map-colonies/raster-shared",
-  "version": "7.9.0-alpha.1",
+  "version": "7.9.1-alpha.1",
   "description": "This is template for map colonies typescript packages",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "exports": {