diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 3f34dc4..9543a1a 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2025-04-21 - 5.11.0 - feat(ts/classes.lucene.adapter)
+Expose luceneWildcardToRegex method to allow external usage and enhance regex transformation capabilities.
+
+- Changed luceneWildcardToRegex from private to public in ts/classes.lucene.adapter.ts.
+
 ## 2025-04-21 - 5.10.0 - feat(search)
 Improve search functionality: update documentation, refine Lucene query transformation, and add advanced search tests
 
diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index c3ce613..03b5d98 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/smartdata',
-  version: '5.10.0',
+  version: '5.11.0',
   description: 'An advanced library for NoSQL data organization and manipulation using TypeScript with support for MongoDB, data validation, collections, and custom data types.'
 }
diff --git a/ts/classes.lucene.adapter.ts b/ts/classes.lucene.adapter.ts
index 2d16721..8436071 100644
--- a/ts/classes.lucene.adapter.ts
+++ b/ts/classes.lucene.adapter.ts
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ export class LuceneToMongoTransformer {
   /**
    * Convert Lucene wildcards to MongoDB regex patterns
    */
-  private luceneWildcardToRegex(wildcardPattern: string): string {
+  public luceneWildcardToRegex(wildcardPattern: string): string {
     // Replace Lucene wildcards with regex equivalents
     // * => .*
     // ? => .