diff --git a/.release-please.manifest.json b/.release-please.manifest.json
index 7050b0a..90f6481 100644
--- a/.release-please.manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please.manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.0.0-alpha.6"
+  ".": "2.0.0-alpha.7"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 823ae5c..233b8ad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.0.0-alpha.7](https://github.com/copick/copick-utils/compare/copick-utils-v2.0.0-alpha.6...copick-utils-v2.0.0-alpha.7) (2026-10-19)
+
+
+### 🐞 Bug Fixes
+
+* split traced filaments at sharp bends without a junction (v2.0) ([#127](https://github.com/copick/copick-utils/issues/127)) ([9c2d909](https://github.com/copick/copick-utils/commit/9c2d9090f661c5e900ed435c8dd863e772e18201))
+
 ## [2.0.0-alpha.6](https://github.com/copick/copick-utils/compare/copick-utils-v2.0.0-alpha.5...copick-utils-v2.0.0-alpha.6) (2026-10-16)
 
 
diff --git a/src/copick_utils/__init__.py b/src/copick_utils/__init__.py
index 56dd01f..e811f4d 100644
--- a/src/copick_utils/__init__.py
+++ b/src/copick_utils/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024-present Kyle Harrington <czi@kyleharrington.com>
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-__version__ = "2.0.0-alpha.6"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "2.0.0-alpha.7"  # x-release-please-version