diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 13ecaf9e..2fb8a30e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1274,7 +1274,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nightcrow"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.2"
 dependencies = [
  "alacritty_terminal",
  "anyhow",
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nightcrow-recovery"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.2"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "serde",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9e258ff0..6fc336a1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ members = [".", "plugins/nightcrow-recovery"]
 
 [package]
 name = "nightcrow"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.2"
 edition = "2024"
 description = "Agent-adjacent terminal workbench — git diff viewer + multi-terminal panes for running CLIs next to your code"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/plugins/nightcrow-recovery/Cargo.toml b/plugins/nightcrow-recovery/Cargo.toml
index 37f60733..e02212af 100644
--- a/plugins/nightcrow-recovery/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/nightcrow-recovery/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nightcrow-recovery"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.2"
 edition = "2024"
 description = "nightcrow plugin: notices a coding CLI hit its usage limit and resumes it when the limit resets"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/scripts/prepare-release.test.mjs b/scripts/prepare-release.test.mjs
index 068b19bd..ada8d108 100644
--- a/scripts/prepare-release.test.mjs
+++ b/scripts/prepare-release.test.mjs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   readVersions,
   updateVersions,
   validatePolicy,
+  versionParts,
 } from "./release-lib.mjs";
 
 const policy = {
@@ -80,9 +81,13 @@ test("execute updates every application version entry without touching dependenc
     fs.mkdirSync(path.join(root, "viewer-ui"), { recursive: true });
     for (const file of ["package.json", "package-lock.json"]) fs.copyFileSync(path.join(source, `viewer-ui/${file}`), path.join(root, `viewer-ui/${file}`));
     const before = fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, "Cargo.lock"), "utf8");
-    const result = updateVersions(root, policy, "0.1.2");
+    // The fixture copies this repository, so derive every version from what is
+    // on disk instead of hard-coding a patch that becomes stale on the next bump.
+    const current = assertVersionsAgree(readVersions(root, policy));
+    const next = patchVersion(versionParts(current) + 1);
+    const result = updateVersions(root, policy, next);
     assert.equal(result.changed.length, 5);
-    assert.equal(assertVersionsAgree(readVersions(root, policy)), "0.1.2");
+    assert.equal(assertVersionsAgree(readVersions(root, policy)), next);
     assert.match(fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, "Cargo.lock"), "utf8"), /name = "ratatui"\nversion = "0\.30\./);
     assert.notEqual(fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, "Cargo.lock"), "utf8"), before);
     const git = (...args) => {
@@ -94,13 +99,14 @@ test("execute updates every application version entry without touching dependenc
     git("config", "user.name", "Release Test");
     git("add", ".");
     git("commit", "--quiet", "-m", "fixture");
-    git("tag", "v0.1.1");
-    git("tag", "v0.1.2");
+    const tags = [];
+    for (let patch = 1; patch <= versionParts(next); patch += 1) tags.push(`${policy.tagPrefix}${patchVersion(patch)}`);
+    for (const tag of tags) git("tag", tag);
     remote = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "nightcrow-release-remote-"));
     git("init", "--bare", remote);
     git("remote", "add", "authoritative", remote);
-    git("push", "--quiet", "authoritative", "v0.1.1", "v0.1.2");
-    assert.equal(checkRoot(root, { release: true, tagRemote: remote }).current, "0.1.2");
+    git("push", "--quiet", "authoritative", ...tags);
+    assert.equal(checkRoot(root, { release: true, tagRemote: remote }).current, next);
     assert.throws(() => gitTags(root, policy, path.join(root, "missing-remote")), /authoritative/);
   } finally {
     fs.rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
diff --git a/scripts/release-lib.mjs b/scripts/release-lib.mjs
index cca43a18..f865f8b7 100644
--- a/scripts/release-lib.mjs
+++ b/scripts/release-lib.mjs
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export function readVersions(root, policy = loadPolicy(root)) {
   return policy.versionFiles.map((entry) => ({ ...entry, version: readEntry(root, entry) }));
 }
 
-function versionParts(version) {
+export function versionParts(version) {
   const match = /^0\.1\.(0|[1-9]\d*)$/.exec(version);
   if (!match) throw new Error(`version ${version} is outside the ${SUPPORTED_SERIES} series`);
   return Number(match[1]);
diff --git a/viewer-ui/package-lock.json b/viewer-ui/package-lock.json
index e2f8b94c..93b1a4f4 100644
--- a/viewer-ui/package-lock.json
+++ b/viewer-ui/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "nightcrow-viewer-ui",
-  "version": "0.1.1",
+  "version": "0.1.2",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "nightcrow-viewer-ui",
-      "version": "0.1.1",
+      "version": "0.1.2",
       "dependencies": {
         "@xterm/addon-fit": "^0.11.0",
         "@xterm/xterm": "^6.0.0",
diff --git a/viewer-ui/package.json b/viewer-ui/package.json
index eeb9c547..7b30bca8 100644
--- a/viewer-ui/package.json
+++ b/viewer-ui/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "nightcrow-viewer-ui",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "0.1.1",
+  "version": "0.1.2",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",