diff --git a/graphiti_core/utils/maintenance/edge_operations.py b/graphiti_core/utils/maintenance/edge_operations.py
index 58d3a33b..64973015 100644
--- a/graphiti_core/utils/maintenance/edge_operations.py
+++ b/graphiti_core/utils/maintenance/edge_operations.py
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ async def dedupe_extracted_edge(
     )
 
     if duplicate_fact_id >= 0 and episode is not None:
-        edge.episodes += episode.uuid
+        edge.episodes.append(episode.uuid)
 
     end = time()
     logger.debug(
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a04be18a..645f3e5f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [project]
 name = "graphiti-core"
 description = "A temporal graph building library"
-version = "0.11.6pre4"
+version = "0.11.6pre5"
 authors = [
     { "name" = "Paul Paliychuk", "email" = "paul@getzep.com" },
     { "name" = "Preston Rasmussen", "email" = "preston@getzep.com" },