diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index d27f712..bea1786 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import urllib.request
 KEY = "local.frameyap.overlay"
 # The pinned release this installer belongs to (set in the release commit that
 # is tagged vRELEASE_VERSION); empty in a development tree.
-RELEASE_VERSION = "0.1.202609251524"
+RELEASE_VERSION = "0.1.202610050143"
 MARKER = "# FrameYap managed launcher v1\n"
 ARCHIVE_LIMIT = 12 * 1024**3
 MEMBER_LIMIT = 50000
diff --git a/scripts/install_payload.py b/scripts/install_payload.py
index 4e9458e..c07f3bf 100644
--- a/scripts/install_payload.py
+++ b/scripts/install_payload.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import urllib.request
 KEY = "local.frameyap.overlay"
 # The pinned release this installer belongs to (set in the release commit that
 # is tagged vRELEASE_VERSION); empty in a development tree.
-RELEASE_VERSION = "0.1.202609251524"
+RELEASE_VERSION = "0.1.202610050143"
 MARKER = "# FrameYap managed launcher v1\n"
 ARCHIVE_LIMIT = 12 * 1024**3
 MEMBER_LIMIT = 50000
diff --git a/tests/cli.cmake b/tests/cli.cmake
index 437c0ff..ecdf8c5 100644
--- a/tests/cli.cmake
+++ b/tests/cli.cmake
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ foreach(mode IN ITEMS default help version invalid extra)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "${mode}: exit ${result}, expected ${expected_exit}: ${error}")
   endif()
   if(mode STREQUAL "version")
-    string(REPLACE "\n" ";" lines "${output}")
+    # Remove only the final terminator; a clean release has no git line.
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "\n$" "" version_lines "${output}")
+    string(REPLACE "\n" ";" lines "${version_lines}")
     list(GET lines 0 first_line)
     if(NOT first_line STREQUAL "frameyap ${EXPECTED_VERSION}")
       message(FATAL_ERROR "Unexpected version: ${output}")