diff --git a/changelog.d/additional-compatible-specifiers.added.md b/changelog.d/additional-compatible-specifiers.added.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a32e0762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/additional-compatible-specifiers.added.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+`build_release_manifest` now accepts an
+`additional_compatible_specifiers` parameter that extends the
+`compatible_model_packages` list with arbitrary PEP 440 specifiers
+(e.g. `">=1.637.0,<2.0.0"`). Use this when the data build fingerprint
+is known to be stable across a range of `policyengine-us` versions so
+downstream consumers do not have to regenerate the dataset for every
+model patch release.
diff --git a/policyengine_us_data/tests/test_release_manifest.py b/policyengine_us_data/tests/test_release_manifest.py
index f6c1ba8ab..48bc2a9a5 100644
--- a/policyengine_us_data/tests/test_release_manifest.py
+++ b/policyengine_us_data/tests/test_release_manifest.py
@@ -86,6 +86,28 @@ def test_build_release_manifest_tracks_uploaded_artifacts(tmp_path):
     }
 
 
+def test_build_release_manifest_adds_additional_compatible_specifiers(tmp_path):
+    national_path = _write_file(
+        tmp_path / "enhanced_cps_2024.h5",
+        b"national-dataset",
+    )
+
+    manifest = build_release_manifest(
+        files_with_repo_paths=[(national_path, "enhanced_cps_2024.h5")],
+        version="1.83.3",
+        repo_id="policyengine/policyengine-us-data",
+        model_package_version="1.637.0",
+        model_package_data_build_fingerprint="sha256:stable",
+        additional_compatible_specifiers=(">=1.637.0,<2.0.0",),
+        created_at="2026-04-18T12:00:00Z",
+    )
+
+    assert manifest["compatible_model_packages"] == [
+        {"name": "policyengine-us", "specifier": "==1.637.0"},
+        {"name": "policyengine-us", "specifier": ">=1.637.0,<2.0.0"},
+    ]
+
+
 def test_build_release_manifest_merges_existing_release_same_version(tmp_path):
     district_bytes = b"district-dataset"
     district_path = _write_file(tmp_path / "NC-01.h5", district_bytes)
diff --git a/policyengine_us_data/utils/release_manifest.py b/policyengine_us_data/utils/release_manifest.py
index d85f8e8fb..82a60c145 100644
--- a/policyengine_us_data/utils/release_manifest.py
+++ b/policyengine_us_data/utils/release_manifest.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ def _base_manifest(
     model_package_data_build_fingerprint: str | None,
     build_id: str,
     created_at: str,
+    additional_compatible_specifiers: Sequence[str] | None = None,
 ) -> Dict:
     manifest = {
         "schema_version": RELEASE_MANIFEST_SCHEMA_VERSION,
@@ -76,6 +77,10 @@ def _base_manifest(
                 "specifier": f"=={model_package_version}",
             }
         )
+    for specifier in additional_compatible_specifiers or ():
+        manifest["compatible_model_packages"].append(
+            {"name": model_package_name, "specifier": specifier}
+        )
     return manifest
 
 
@@ -107,6 +112,7 @@ def build_release_manifest(
     existing_manifest: Mapping | None = None,
     default_datasets: Optional[Mapping[str, str]] = None,
     created_at: str | None = None,
+    additional_compatible_specifiers: Sequence[str] | None = None,
 ) -> Dict:
     manifest = _normalize_existing_manifest(
         existing_manifest,
@@ -126,6 +132,7 @@ def build_release_manifest(
             model_package_data_build_fingerprint=model_package_data_build_fingerprint,
             build_id=resolved_build_id,
             created_at=manifest_timestamp,
+            additional_compatible_specifiers=additional_compatible_specifiers,
         )
     else:
         manifest["schema_version"] = RELEASE_MANIFEST_SCHEMA_VERSION
@@ -144,13 +151,18 @@ def build_release_manifest(
                 "git_sha": model_package_git_sha,
                 "data_build_fingerprint": model_package_data_build_fingerprint,
             }
+        compat = []
         if model_package_version:
-            manifest["compatible_model_packages"] = [
+            compat.append(
                 {
                     "name": model_package_name,
                     "specifier": f"=={model_package_version}",
                 }
-            ]
+            )
+        for specifier in additional_compatible_specifiers or ():
+            compat.append({"name": model_package_name, "specifier": specifier})
+        if compat:
+            manifest["compatible_model_packages"] = compat
 
     if default_datasets:
         manifest.setdefault("default_datasets", {}).update(default_datasets)