diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c78b23b..c5e73f6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/)
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [7.6.2] - 2024-06-24
+### Fixed
+- [Change if conditions order in soft deletes check for compatibility](https://github.com/matchish/laravel-scout-elasticsearch/pull/282).
+
 ## [7.6.1] - 2024-05-14
 ### Fixed
 - fix for [parser incompatibility](https://github.com/matchish/laravel-scout-elasticsearch/issues/273)
diff --git a/src/ElasticSearch/Params/Bulk.php b/src/ElasticSearch/Params/Bulk.php
index 475ece0..8d4c562 100644
--- a/src/ElasticSearch/Params/Bulk.php
+++ b/src/ElasticSearch/Params/Bulk.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public function toArray(): array
         $payload = ['body' => []];
         $payload = collect($this->indexDocs)->reduce(
             function ($payload, $model) {
-                if ($model::usesSoftDelete() && config('scout.soft_delete', false)) {
+                if (config('scout.soft_delete', false) && $model::usesSoftDelete()) {
                     $model->pushSoftDeleteMetadata();
                 }