diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2c2ab26cc..2ceafb050 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,14 +4,22 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. Dates are d
 
 Generated by [`auto-changelog`](https://github.com/CookPete/auto-changelog).
 
+#### [v0.77.0](https://github.com/isomerpages/isomercms-backend/compare/v0.76.0...v0.77.0)
+
+- chore: index notifications table [`#1275`](https://github.com/isomerpages/isomercms-backend/pull/1275)
+- backport v0.76.0 [`#1274`](https://github.com/isomerpages/isomercms-backend/pull/1274)
+
 #### [v0.76.0](https://github.com/isomerpages/isomercms-backend/compare/v0.75.0...v0.76.0)
 
+> 4 April 2024
+
 - fix: external links in top level nav [`#1272`](https://github.com/isomerpages/isomercms-backend/pull/1272)
 - Improve APM spans (no more <anonymous>) [`#1267`](https://github.com/isomerpages/isomercms-backend/pull/1267)
 - fix: remove unecessary join and site retrieval [`#1268`](https://github.com/isomerpages/isomercms-backend/pull/1268)
 - fix(dig): dig not working [`#1246`](https://github.com/isomerpages/isomercms-backend/pull/1246)
 - fix(server): server should die if unable to connect to db [`#1265`](https://github.com/isomerpages/isomercms-backend/pull/1265)
 - backport v0.75.0 [`#1264`](https://github.com/isomerpages/isomercms-backend/pull/1264)
+- chore: bump version to v0.76.0 [`ef627d5`](https://github.com/isomerpages/isomercms-backend/commit/ef627d5a2383033cd903d4bf6ebc7beaa6dd23f7)
 
 #### [v0.75.0](https://github.com/isomerpages/isomercms-backend/compare/v0.74.0...v0.75.0)
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 4785e50ae..264cb6b40 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "isomercms",
-  "version": "0.76.0",
+  "version": "0.77.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "isomercms",
-      "version": "0.76.0",
+      "version": "0.77.0",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@aws-sdk/client-amplify": "^3.521.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8fc5b966c..3060e042c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "isomercms",
-  "version": "0.76.0",
+  "version": "0.77.0",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc -p tsconfig.build.json",
diff --git a/src/database/migrations/20240405132731-add-notification-indexes.js b/src/database/migrations/20240405132731-add-notification-indexes.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7f486826
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/database/migrations/20240405132731-add-notification-indexes.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/** @type {import('sequelize-cli').Migration} */
+module.exports = {
+  async up(queryInterface, Sequelize) {
+    await queryInterface.addIndex(
+      "notifications", // name of Source model
+      ["site_id", "user_id"]
+    )
+    await queryInterface.addIndex(
+      "notifications", // name of Source model
+      ["user_id"]
+    )
+  },
+
+  async down(queryInterface, Sequelize) {
+    await queryInterface.removeIndex(
+      "notifications", // name of Source model
+      ["site_id", "user_id"]
+    )
+    await queryInterface.removeIndex(
+      "notifications", // name of Source model
+      ["user_id"]
+    )
+  },
+}