diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index b59d401..5e72aae 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@
 #                     write:package; THIS workflow additionally needs
 #                     `write:repository` so it can push the bump commit + tag
 #                     and create the release. Grant that scope to the token.
+#                     The final step also dispatches RunicGateway/installer's
+#                     bundle workflow, so the token ideally has write there too
+#                     — but that is a nicety, not a requirement: without it the
+#                     step warns and the installer's nightly cron picks the
+#                     release up instead.
 #   Also: `main` must accept a direct push from that user (disable branch
 #   protection for it, or add it as an exception) — the bump commit lands on main.
 #
@@ -51,6 +56,9 @@ env:
   BIN: uo-link-sidecar
   LINUX_TARGET: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
   WINDOWS_TARGET: x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
+  # Notified after a release so the installer's compat matrix picks up this
+  # version immediately rather than at its next nightly run (PLAN.md §7.2).
+  INSTALLER_REPO: RunicGateway/installer
 
 jobs:
   release:
@@ -256,3 +264,45 @@ jobs:
               -F "attachment=@dist/${f}" >/dev/null
             echo "  uploaded ${f}"
           done
+
+      # ── Recompose the installer's bundle manifest ────────────────────────
+      # The installer does not resolve "latest" at run time — it installs the
+      # exact combination named by a published bundle (docs/installer/PLAN.md
+      # §7.1). So a sidecar release that nobody recomposes around is a release
+      # no operator will ever be offered. This step tells the installer repo to
+      # rebuild that manifest now, instead of leaving the new version invisible
+      # until its nightly cron.
+      #
+      # DISPATCH, DON'T WAIT (PLAN.md §7.3). Gitea's workflow-dispatch endpoint
+      # returns no run handle, so there is nothing to poll: a waiting step would
+      # have to guess which run is its own and hold a runner idle to do it. The
+      # bundle job runs its own gates regardless of who started it.
+      #
+      # A failure here is a WARNING, never a failure of this job. The release is
+      # already published and correct by this point; failing the run would
+      # misreport that. The installer's nightly cron recomposes from whatever
+      # the latest releases actually are, so a dropped dispatch self-heals — it
+      # costs latency, not correctness.
+      #
+      # `repository_dispatch` is deliberately not used: support for it is
+      # uncertain on this Gitea version, while dispatching an existing
+      # workflow_dispatch workflow via the API works today.
+      - name: Ask the installer repo to recompose its bundle
+        if: ${{ steps.plan.outputs.release == 'true' }}
+        env:
+          REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          CI_TOKEN="$(printf '%s' "${REGISTRY_TOKEN}" | tr -d '\r\n')"
+          HTTP="$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' -X POST \
+            -H "Authorization: token ${CI_TOKEN}" \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            -d '{"ref":"main"}' \
+            "https://${GITEA_HOST}/api/v1/repos/${INSTALLER_REPO}/actions/workflows/bundle.yml/dispatches" || echo 000)"
+          case "$HTTP" in
+            20*) echo "Dispatched ${INSTALLER_REPO} bundle.yml (HTTP ${HTTP}) — not waiting for it." ;;
+            403|404)
+              echo "::warning::Could not dispatch ${INSTALLER_REPO} bundle.yml (HTTP ${HTTP}). REGISTRY_TOKEN likely lacks write:repository on that repo. Release ${{ steps.plan.outputs.tag }} is published and fine; its bundle will be composed by the installer's nightly cron instead." ;;
+            *)
+              echo "::warning::Dispatching ${INSTALLER_REPO} bundle.yml returned HTTP ${HTTP}. Release ${{ steps.plan.outputs.tag }} is published and fine; the nightly cron will recompose the bundle." ;;
+          esac