diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index ea54993..65584f2 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "7.5.2-alpha.1"
+  ".": "7.6.0-alpha.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e5bc733..d2395d4 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.
 
+## [7.6.0-alpha.1](https://github.com/MapColonies/raster-shared/compare/v7.5.2-alpha.1...v7.6.0-alpha.1) (2025-11-30)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* apply "links" to validation parameters ([#154](https://github.com/MapColonies/raster-shared/issues/154)) ([815e741](https://github.com/MapColonies/raster-shared/commit/815e741359d5aae3257376880cc468c8e8f4b079))
+
 ## [7.5.2-alpha.1](https://github.com/MapColonies/raster-shared/compare/v7.5.1-alpha.1...v7.5.2-alpha.1) (2025-11-26)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 004bb55..b51d49f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@map-colonies/raster-shared",
-  "version": "7.5.2-alpha.1",
+  "version": "7.6.0-alpha.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@map-colonies/raster-shared",
-      "version": "7.5.2-alpha.1",
+      "version": "7.6.0-alpha.1",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "@map-colonies/mc-priority-queue": "^8.2.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c15292d..0d9bf3c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@map-colonies/raster-shared",
-  "version": "7.5.2-alpha.1",
+  "version": "7.6.0-alpha.1",
   "description": "This is template for map colonies typescript packages",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "exports": {