diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 9f248b0c2..c0ffa80e9 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "packages/loopover-contract": "3.18.0",
-  "packages/loopover-mcp": "3.18.0",
-  "packages/loopover-engine": "3.18.0",
-  "packages/loopover-miner": "3.18.0",
+  "packages/loopover-contract": "3.18.1",
+  "packages/loopover-mcp": "3.18.1",
+  "packages/loopover-engine": "3.18.1",
+  "packages/loopover-miner": "3.18.1",
   "packages/loopover-ui-kit": "1.3.0"
 }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 974bfdeb6..0733fd1c3 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -24312,7 +24312,7 @@
     },
     "packages/loopover-contract": {
       "name": "@loopover/contract",
-      "version": "3.18.0",
+      "version": "3.18.1",
       "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
       "dependencies": {
         "zod": "^4.4.3"
@@ -24327,7 +24327,7 @@
     },
     "packages/loopover-engine": {
       "name": "@loopover/engine",
-      "version": "3.18.0",
+      "version": "3.18.1",
       "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
       "dependencies": {
         "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk": "^0.3.218",
@@ -24363,11 +24363,11 @@
     },
     "packages/loopover-mcp": {
       "name": "@loopover/mcp",
-      "version": "3.18.0",
+      "version": "3.18.1",
       "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@loopover/contract": "^3.18.0",
-        "@loopover/engine": "^3.18.0",
+        "@loopover/contract": "^3.18.1",
+        "@loopover/engine": "^3.18.1",
         "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "1.29.0",
         "posthog-node": "^5.46.1",
         "zod": "^4.4.3"
@@ -24403,11 +24403,11 @@
     },
     "packages/loopover-miner": {
       "name": "@loopover/miner",
-      "version": "3.18.0",
+      "version": "3.18.1",
       "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@loopover/contract": "^3.18.0",
-        "@loopover/engine": "^3.18.0",
+        "@loopover/contract": "^3.18.1",
+        "@loopover/engine": "^3.18.1",
         "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "1.29.0",
         "@sentry/node": "^10.67.0",
         "zod": "^4.4.3"
diff --git a/packages/loopover-contract/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/loopover-contract/CHANGELOG.md
index c3ed5d264..627dce4d3 100644
--- a/packages/loopover-contract/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/loopover-contract/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [3.18.1](https://github.com/JSONbored/loopover/compare/contract-v3.18.0...contract-v3.18.1) (2026-07-31)
+
+
+### Chores
+
+* **contract:** Synchronize engine-and-dependents versions
+
 ## [3.18.0](https://github.com/JSONbored/loopover/compare/contract-v3.17.0...contract-v3.18.0) (2026-07-30)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/loopover-contract/package.json b/packages/loopover-contract/package.json
index 0d26de9ee..58b32208b 100644
--- a/packages/loopover-contract/package.json
+++ b/packages/loopover-contract/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@loopover/contract",
-  "version": "3.18.0",
+  "version": "3.18.1",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
   "type": "module",
   "description": "Single zod source of truth for LoopOver's MCP tool and API contracts — schemas, tool metadata, and the projections every server and client derives from.",
diff --git a/packages/loopover-engine/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/loopover-engine/CHANGELOG.md
index cc50592e7..d7efcb61b 100644
--- a/packages/loopover-engine/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/loopover-engine/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [3.18.1](https://github.com/JSONbored/loopover/compare/engine-v3.18.0...engine-v3.18.1) (2026-07-31)
+
+
+### Chores
+
+* **engine:** Synchronize engine-and-dependents versions
+
 ## [3.18.0](https://github.com/JSONbored/loopover/compare/engine-v3.17.0...engine-v3.18.0) (2026-07-30)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/loopover-engine/package.json b/packages/loopover-engine/package.json
index 5fafd0856..2f42cf72f 100644
--- a/packages/loopover-engine/package.json
+++ b/packages/loopover-engine/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@loopover/engine",
-  "version": "3.18.0",
+  "version": "3.18.1",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
   "type": "module",
   "description": "Shared deterministic engine logic for the LoopOver review stack and loopover-miner.",
diff --git a/packages/loopover-mcp/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/loopover-mcp/CHANGELOG.md
index a4b09a4f7..076308829 100644
--- a/packages/loopover-mcp/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/loopover-mcp/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,21 @@
 ### Fixes
 - Blunt slop-risk / issue-slop REST + CLI to match the MCP tools (#6990) (#7052)
 
+## [3.18.1](https://github.com/JSONbored/loopover/compare/mcp-v3.18.0...mcp-v3.18.1) (2026-07-31)
+
+
+### Fixes
+
+* **fairness:** commit only to a corpus a reader can actually download ([#9966](https://github.com/JSONbored/loopover/issues/9966)) ([40133d7](https://github.com/JSONbored/loopover/commit/40133d789632dbb152b3bea65045c8626686c06f)), closes [#9962](https://github.com/JSONbored/loopover/issues/9962)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* The following workspace dependencies were updated
+  * dependencies
+    * @loopover/contract bumped from ^3.18.0 to ^3.18.1
+    * @loopover/engine bumped from ^3.18.0 to ^3.18.1
+
 ## [3.18.0](https://github.com/JSONbored/loopover/compare/mcp-v3.17.0...mcp-v3.18.0) (2026-07-30)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/loopover-mcp/package.json b/packages/loopover-mcp/package.json
index dfd55f264..ce3770774 100644
--- a/packages/loopover-mcp/package.json
+++ b/packages/loopover-mcp/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@loopover/mcp",
-  "version": "3.18.0",
+  "version": "3.18.1",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
   "type": "module",
   "description": "Local stdio MCP wrapper for the LoopOver Gittensor base-agent.",
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
     "build:verify": "node --experimental-strip-types scripts/check-syntax.ts"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@loopover/contract": "^3.18.0",
-    "@loopover/engine": "^3.18.0",
+    "@loopover/contract": "^3.18.1",
+    "@loopover/engine": "^3.18.1",
     "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "1.29.0",
     "posthog-node": "^5.46.1",
     "zod": "^4.4.3"
diff --git a/packages/loopover-miner/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/loopover-miner/CHANGELOG.md
index 0ab0a1b60..48238f1d6 100644
--- a/packages/loopover-miner/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/loopover-miner/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [3.18.1](https://github.com/JSONbored/loopover/compare/miner-v3.18.0...miner-v3.18.1) (2026-07-31)
+
+
+### Chores
+
+* **miner:** Synchronize engine-and-dependents versions
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* The following workspace dependencies were updated
+  * dependencies
+    * @loopover/contract bumped from ^3.18.0 to ^3.18.1
+    * @loopover/engine bumped from ^3.18.0 to ^3.18.1
+
 ## [3.18.0](https://github.com/JSONbored/loopover/compare/miner-v3.17.0...miner-v3.18.0) (2026-07-30)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/loopover-miner/expected-engine.version b/packages/loopover-miner/expected-engine.version
index c5b45eb7b..d21858b11 100644
--- a/packages/loopover-miner/expected-engine.version
+++ b/packages/loopover-miner/expected-engine.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.18.0
+3.18.1
diff --git a/packages/loopover-miner/package.json b/packages/loopover-miner/package.json
index fbcf89df4..f89c8e844 100644
--- a/packages/loopover-miner/package.json
+++ b/packages/loopover-miner/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@loopover/miner",
-  "version": "3.18.0",
+  "version": "3.18.1",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
   "type": "module",
   "description": "Foundation CLI for the local LoopOver miner runtime.",
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
     "build:verify": "node --experimental-strip-types scripts/check-syntax.ts"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@loopover/contract": "^3.18.0",
-    "@loopover/engine": "^3.18.0",
+    "@loopover/contract": "^3.18.1",
+    "@loopover/engine": "^3.18.1",
     "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "1.29.0",
     "@sentry/node": "^10.67.0",
     "zod": "^4.4.3"
diff --git a/server.json b/server.json
index 0c1f3f36e..5598dca94 100644
--- a/server.json
+++ b/server.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/JSONbored/loopover",
     "source": "github"
   },
-  "version": "3.18.0",
+  "version": "3.18.1",
   "remotes": [
     {
       "type": "streamable-http",
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     {
       "registry_type": "npm",
       "identifier": "@loopover/mcp",
-      "version": "3.18.0",
+      "version": "3.18.1",
       "transport": {
         "type": "stdio"
       }