diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 04478d90..e8eee347 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.0.0-alpha.72"
+  ".": "0.0.0-alpha.73"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6403ec87..214aab10 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ contained a literal `## [X.Y.Z]` heading, release-please inserts above the first
 `##` it finds, and so the entire release landed inside the comment and rendered
 nowhere.
 
+## [0.0.0-alpha.73](https://github.com/energy-models/math-spec/compare/v0.0.0-alpha.72...v0.0.0-alpha.73) (2026-09-02)
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* **about:** the test a function has to pass to be part of this package's surface ([#246](https://github.com/energy-models/math-spec/issues/246)) ([cc1414a](https://github.com/energy-models/math-spec/commit/cc1414a6d2df94d8b97d8ef5382ab48862671204))
+
 ## [0.0.0-alpha.72](https://github.com/energy-models/math-spec/compare/v0.0.0-alpha.71...v0.0.0-alpha.72) (2026-09-02)