diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4b0a2df..636e29f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ Versioning.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
-## [0.1.6] - 2026-09-21
+## [0.1.7] - 2026-09-21
 
 - Converge the four ci-workflows callers and `catalog/actions.yml` on the
-  signed 0.1.26 tag. Supersedes tag `0.1.5`, which was cut before `VERSION`
-  moved, failed the release identity check, and is retained as an immutable
-  orphan — it publishes nothing.
+  signed 0.1.26 tag. Supersedes tags `0.1.5` and `0.1.6`, which were cut before
+  `VERSION` moved or without the signed promotion annotation the gate requires;
+  both are immutable orphans that publish nothing.
 
 ## [0.1.4] - 2026-09-21
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c946ee6..1180819 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.1.6
+0.1.7