diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b22a5ab..441c31e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Compliance-grade audit trails. Zero changes to your agent code.
 
 ## Status
 
-**v0.2.0.** `pip install rootsign` → a verified hash chain in under a minute: no Docker, no database, no plumbing. LangGraph + CrewAI integrations, a framework-agnostic MCP proxy, `rootsign verify` CLI, PII redaction, human-in-the-loop checkpoints, opt-in decision capture (PRD-19 / ADR-008), and opt-in SDK micro-batching are all shipping.
+**v0.2.1.** `pip install rootsign` → a verified hash chain in under a minute: no Docker, no database, no plumbing. LangGraph + CrewAI integrations, a framework-agnostic MCP proxy, `rootsign verify` CLI, PII redaction, human-in-the-loop checkpoints, opt-in decision capture (PRD-19 / ADR-008), and opt-in SDK micro-batching are all shipping.
 
 | Phase | Scope | Status |
 |---|---|---|
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6f33875..5ba48ba 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "rootsign"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 description = "RootSign — tamper-evident provenance logging for AI agents (powered by Providex AI)"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11,<3.15"