diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 376478fd..cbc6000b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ All significant changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ### New features
 
-* Add immutable `XorFilter` and `XorFilterBuilder` behind the `xor` feature, with 8-, 16-, and 32-bit fingerprints, consuming builder configuration with complete-input construction and bounded seeded retries, optional cardinality metadata for imported filters, standard serialization for all three widths (Java-compatible for 8/16-bit filters), and raw parts for application-defined storage.
+* Add immutable `XorFilter` and `XorFilterBuilder` behind the `xor` feature, with 8-, 16-, and 32-bit fingerprints, consuming builder configuration with complete-input construction, bounded seeded retries and compact temporary storage, optional cardinality metadata for imported filters, standard serialization for all three widths (Java-compatible for 8/16-bit filters), and raw parts for application-defined storage.
 
 ### Improvements
 
diff --git a/datasketches/src/xor/filter.rs b/datasketches/src/xor/filter.rs
index 0762b408..0bf297b0 100644
--- a/datasketches/src/xor/filter.rs
+++ b/datasketches/src/xor/filter.rs
@@ -405,6 +405,12 @@ impl XorFilter {
             .with_context("num_items", num_items));
         }
 
+        // Assignment only needs the peel stack. Release the graph before allocating the
+        // fingerprint payload so these allocations do not overlap at peak memory usage.
+        drop(xor_mask);
+        drop(count);
+        drop(queue);
+
         let fingerprints = match filter_type {
             XorFilterType::Xor8 => {
                 let mut values = vec![0_u8; capacity].into_boxed_slice();