diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 781951e..a65384f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -421,5 +421,5 @@ Replace each component's renderer with a thin adapter (see
 [`docs/migration.md`](docs/migration.md)) and add to `manifest.json`:
 
 ```json
-"requirements": ["imagespec==0.2.0"]
+"requirements": ["imagespec"]
 ```
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9365af7..d9fbcd3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "imagespec"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 description = "Render images from a declarative YAML/dict spec — shapes, text, charts, QR/barcodes — for e-paper ESL tags and label printers."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"