diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 87372b91..d0068599 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.2.0-alpha.73"
+  ".": "0.2.0-alpha.74"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a54064b3..866c2ef4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,19 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## 0.2.0-alpha.74 (2025-07-22)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.2.0-alpha.73...v0.2.0-alpha.74](https://github.com/openlayer-ai/openlayer-python/compare/v0.2.0-alpha.73...v0.2.0-alpha.74)
+
+### Features
+
+* allow output overwrite ([a1ccbc3](https://github.com/openlayer-ai/openlayer-python/commit/a1ccbc307a87130481389935e8fd5348181d5650))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **parsing:** ignore empty metadata ([6da7f35](https://github.com/openlayer-ai/openlayer-python/commit/6da7f35b2b0cfa72c2380c6dcff998a0b823f71b))
+
 ## 0.2.0-alpha.73 (2025-07-17)
 
 Full Changelog: [v0.2.0-alpha.72...v0.2.0-alpha.73](https://github.com/openlayer-ai/openlayer-python/compare/v0.2.0-alpha.72...v0.2.0-alpha.73)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d558b2dd..388aabf7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "openlayer"
-version = "0.2.0-alpha.73"
+version = "0.2.0-alpha.74"
 description = "The official Python library for the openlayer API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/openlayer/_models.py b/src/openlayer/_models.py
index 528d5680..ffcbf67b 100644
--- a/src/openlayer/_models.py
+++ b/src/openlayer/_models.py
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ def construct_type(*, value: object, type_: object, metadata: Optional[List[Any]
         type_ = type_.__value__  # type: ignore[unreachable]
 
     # unwrap `Annotated[T, ...]` -> `T`
-    if metadata is not None:
+    if metadata is not None and len(metadata) > 0:
         meta: tuple[Any, ...] = tuple(metadata)
     elif is_annotated_type(type_):
         meta = get_args(type_)[1:]
diff --git a/src/openlayer/_version.py b/src/openlayer/_version.py
index 3fea27d7..ad26fa33 100644
--- a/src/openlayer/_version.py
+++ b/src/openlayer/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "openlayer"
-__version__ = "0.2.0-alpha.73"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "0.2.0-alpha.74"  # x-release-please-version