diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
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--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.7.9"
+  ".": "0.7.10"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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index 00000000..a993e6ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## [0.7.10](https://github.com/minekube/connect-java/compare/0.7.9...0.7.10) (2026-07-02)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* explain watch auth 401 failures ([#44](https://github.com/minekube/connect-java/issues/44)) ([b3afb3e](https://github.com/minekube/connect-java/commit/b3afb3eb282d062e64f636a490c7f9e9d69e1a2b))