diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 465f11b..1011cb1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ authors = ["Buffrr <contact@buffrr.dev>"]
 [workspace.dependencies]
 # Internal crates
 libveritas       = { path = "veritas", version = "0.1.1" }
-libveritas_zk    = { path = "zk", version = "0.1.1" }
+libveritas_zk    = { path = "zk", version = "0.1" }
 
 # External
 spaces_protocol  = { version = "0.1", features = ["std"] }
diff --git a/methods/Cargo.toml b/methods/Cargo.toml
index a4520d2..68916d0 100644
--- a/methods/Cargo.toml
+++ b/methods/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 [package]
 name = "libveritas_methods"
-version.workspace = true
+# Pinned independently of the workspace. Bumping this implies the guest ELF /
+# image ID changed (a consensus contract). DO NOT inherit anything from the
+# workspace, or release-plz will touch this crate on every workspace release.
+version = "0.1.1"
 edition = "2021"   # risc0 build environment is on 2021
-authors.workspace = true
 publish = false
 
 [build-dependencies]
diff --git a/methods/guest/Cargo.lock b/methods/guest/Cargo.lock
index 505c51b..3b8b972 100644
--- a/methods/guest/Cargo.lock
+++ b/methods/guest/Cargo.lock
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ checksum = "f9fbbcab51052fe104eb5e5d351cf728d30a5be1fe14d9be8a3b097481fb97de"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libveritas_zk"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "borsh",
  "serde",
diff --git a/release-plz.toml b/release-plz.toml
index fbef184..29b53f6 100644
--- a/release-plz.toml
+++ b/release-plz.toml
@@ -52,12 +52,14 @@ git_release_enable = true
 git_release_latest = false
 git_tag_name = "libveritas-v{{ version }}"
 
+# libveritas_zk is a consensus contract — its source feeds the guest ELF
+# under methods/guest/. Excluded from release-plz so version bumps are a
+# deliberate manual act. Bump zk/Cargo.toml + cargo publish -p libveritas_zk
+# when the ZK surface actually changes.
 [[package]]
 name = "libveritas_zk"
-publish = true
-git_release_enable = true
-git_release_latest = false
-git_tag_name = "libveritas_zk-v{{ version }}"
+release = false
+publish = false
 
 # Non-publishable crates: skip versioning, changelog, and releases
 [[package]]
diff --git a/veritas/elfs/fold.bin b/veritas/elfs/fold.bin
index e052397..ffbc64c 100644
Binary files a/veritas/elfs/fold.bin and b/veritas/elfs/fold.bin differ
diff --git a/veritas/elfs/step.bin b/veritas/elfs/step.bin
index b6f4647..b35a8f3 100644
Binary files a/veritas/elfs/step.bin and b/veritas/elfs/step.bin differ
diff --git a/veritas/src/constants.rs b/veritas/src/constants.rs
index 87be798..3572f9c 100644
--- a/veritas/src/constants.rs
+++ b/veritas/src/constants.rs
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 //   ./update-elfs.sh
 
 #[rustfmt::skip]
-pub const FOLD_ID: [u32; 8] = [3538164873, 3494660837, 1605885420, 2756930862, 1952720968, 91802116, 3635727049, 436347682];
+pub const FOLD_ID: [u32; 8] = [1625847226, 850230740, 496504626, 3639083801, 2684129074, 2250774282, 3408390548, 2223737758];
 #[rustfmt::skip]
-pub const STEP_ID: [u32; 8] = [2719979593, 62333512, 1158600685, 3512173834, 1442236244, 869560259, 553115519, 3467999922];
+pub const STEP_ID: [u32; 8] = [4183517563, 124613694, 2850288930, 1547396554, 892696396, 2291296768, 2705493164, 2273870659];
 
 #[cfg(feature = "elf")]
 pub const FOLD_ELF: &[u8] = include_bytes!("../elfs/fold.bin");
diff --git a/zk/Cargo.toml b/zk/Cargo.toml
index bddaa55..c103fd7 100644
--- a/zk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zk/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 [package]
 name = "libveritas_zk"
-version.workspace = true
-edition.workspace = true
-rust-version.workspace = true
-license.workspace = true
-repository.workspace = true
-homepage.workspace = true
-authors.workspace = true
+# Pinned independently of the workspace. The guest under methods/guest/
+# depends on this crate via a path dep, so changes here can shift the
+# generated ELF / image ID — a consensus contract. DO NOT inherit
+# version.workspace, or release-plz will bump this on every workspace
+# release. Bump manually + run cargo publish when the ZK surface
+# actually changes.
+version = "0.1.1"
+edition = "2024"
+rust-version = "1.85"
+license = "Apache-2.0"
+repository = "https://github.com/spacesprotocol/libveritas"
+homepage = "https://spacesprotocol.org"
 description = "ZK guest types and helpers for libveritas."
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/libveritas_zk"
 keywords = ["spaces", "zk", "risc0"]