diff --git a/.changeset/public-verification-method-init.md b/.changeset/public-verification-method-init.md
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----
-"@germ-network/atprototypes": patch
----
-
-`Atproto.DIDDocument.VerificationMethod`'s memberwise initializer is now public, matching its `Service` sibling. Only code inside this package could construct one, so a resolver adapter in another package that is handed a signing key directly rather than a DID document — Slingshot's `resolveMiniDoc`, which returns `signing_key` on the wire — had no way to publish it and shipped `verificationMethod: []`. `AtprotoTypesVerify`'s `RepoSigningKey` then refuses every document that resolver produces, and since `optimizedResolve` races it against plc.directory, whether a repo proof verifies depends on which resolver wins.
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # @germ-network/atprototypes
 
+## 0.5.1
+
+### Patch Changes
+
+- [#60](https://github.com/germ-network/AtprotoTypes/pull/60) [`70591ec`](https://github.com/germ-network/AtprotoTypes/commit/70591ec6065c3b73dc2ee57fda4fd819f6de08b0) Thanks [@germ-mark](https://github.com/germ-mark)! - `Atproto.DIDDocument.VerificationMethod`'s memberwise initializer is now public, matching its `Service` sibling. Only code inside this package could construct one, so a resolver adapter in another package that is handed a signing key directly rather than a DID document — Slingshot's `resolveMiniDoc`, which returns `signing_key` on the wire — had no way to publish it and shipped `verificationMethod: []`. `AtprotoTypesVerify`'s `RepoSigningKey` then refuses every document that resolver produces, and since `optimizedResolve` races it against plc.directory, whether a repo proof verifies depends on which resolver wins.
+
 ## 0.5.0
 
 ### Minor Changes
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"name": "@germ-network/atprototypes",
 	"private": true,
-	"version": "0.5.0",
+	"version": "0.5.1",
 	"engines": {
 		"node": ">=24"
 	},