diff --git a/changelog/server/0.8.65.md b/changelog/server/0.8.65.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f6e4914b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/server/0.8.65.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+package: "@webjsdev/server"
+version: 0.8.65
+date: 2026-08-16T19:43:12.799Z
+commit_count: 1
+---
+## Fixes
+
+- **a parenthesised type annotation no longer reads as a top-level call** ([#1424](https://github.com/webjsdev/webjs/pull/1424)) [`720cadc8`](https://github.com/webjsdev/webjs/commit/720cadc8)
+  * fix: erase TypeScript types before the elision scans read a module
+  
+  A parenthesised type annotation on a top-level const read as a top-level
+  call, so a module holding nothing but typed data was classified as running
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9bef0cb9d..b84e63df5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -7044,7 +7044,7 @@
     },
     "packages/server": {
       "name": "@webjsdev/server",
-      "version": "0.8.64",
+      "version": "0.8.65",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@webjsdev/core": "^0.7.51",
diff --git a/packages/server/package.json b/packages/server/package.json
index f6bf08765..051d98c81 100644
--- a/packages/server/package.json
+++ b/packages/server/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@webjsdev/server",
-  "version": "0.8.64",
+  "version": "0.8.65",
   "type": "module",
   "description": "The server for WebJs, a full-stack JavaScript framework built on web components with server-side rendering and no build step. Provides the file-based router, SSR, server actions, route handlers, middleware, and live reload on Node 24+ or Bun.",
   "main": "index.js",