diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5ff60d8..95caf1e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -73,3 +73,7 @@ build:
 clean:
 	rm -rf .venv .pytest_cache .ruff_cache .mypy_cache build dist/*.egg-info \
 	    src/*.egg-info wheel-out
+	# Belt-and-suspenders: even if a future `python -m build` forgets
+	# --outdir and writes wheels under dist/, clean them up so they
+	# don't leak into a future PyPI publish.
+	rm -f dist/*.whl dist/*.tar.gz
diff --git a/dist/mcp-tools.json b/dist/mcp-tools.json
index 54fa68e..e78f870 100644
--- a/dist/mcp-tools.json
+++ b/dist/mcp-tools.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/m-dev-tools/.github/main/profile/repo.meta.schema.json",
   "kind": "m-dev-tools-mcp.tools",
   "package": "m_dev_tools_mcp",
-  "version": "0.2.2",
+  "version": "0.2.3",
   "tool_count": 3,
   "tools": [
     {
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3c8c6e8..4a8132a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "m-dev-tools-mcp"
-version = "0.2.2"
-description = "MCP server for the m-dev-tools org catalog — exposes route_intent, describe, and verify as first-class agent tools."
+version = "0.2.3"
+description = "MCP server wrapping the m-dev-tools catalog: route_intent, describe, verify."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { text = "AGPL-3.0" }
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
diff --git a/server.json b/server.json
index 749dd2d..d0363f6 100644
--- a/server.json
+++ b/server.json
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
   "name": "io.github.m-dev-tools/m-dev-tools-mcp",
-  "description": "MCP server for the m-dev-tools org catalog — exposes route_intent, describe, and verify as first-class agent tools.",
+  "description": "MCP server wrapping the m-dev-tools catalog: route_intent, describe, verify.",
   "title": "m-dev-tools",
   "websiteUrl": "https://github.com/m-dev-tools/m-dev-tools-mcp",
   "repository": {
     "url": "https://github.com/m-dev-tools/m-dev-tools-mcp",
     "source": "github"
   },
-  "version": "0.2.2",
+  "version": "0.2.3",
   "packages": [
     {
       "registryType": "pypi",
       "registryBaseUrl": "https://pypi.org",
       "identifier": "m-dev-tools-mcp",
-      "version": "0.2.2",
+      "version": "0.2.3",
       "runtimeHint": "uvx",
       "transport": {
         "type": "stdio"
diff --git a/src/m_dev_tools_mcp/__init__.py b/src/m_dev_tools_mcp/__init__.py
index 98b236e..612edb0 100644
--- a/src/m_dev_tools_mcp/__init__.py
+++ b/src/m_dev_tools_mcp/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """m-dev-tools-mcp — MCP server wrapping the m-dev-tools org catalog."""
 
-__version__ = "0.2.2"
+__version__ = "0.2.3"