diff --git a/.github/workflows/labels-sweep.yml b/.github/workflows/labels-sweep.yml
index 557ca81..d021e2b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/labels-sweep.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/labels-sweep.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ on:
 env:
   # A called workflow arrives without its repository. Keep this literal pin
   # aligned with the ceremony release consumed by callers (issue #9 D3).
-  CEREMONY_SELF_REF: "0.6.1"
+  CEREMONY_SELF_REF: "0.6.2"
 
 jobs:
   reconcile:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/labels.yml b/.github/workflows/labels.yml
index baebe76..a98565c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/labels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/labels.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ on:
 env:
   # A called workflow arrives without its repository. Keep this literal pin
   # aligned with the ceremony release consumed by callers (issue #9 D3).
-  CEREMONY_SELF_REF: "0.6.1"
+  CEREMONY_SELF_REF: "0.6.2"
 
 jobs:
   scope:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8e4575f..81fea7a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ env:
   # `ref:` accepts ${{ env }}; `uses:` strings do not — which is why the
   # shared logic arrives as script files via checkout, not as inner `uses:`
   # references.
-  CEREMONY_SELF_REF: "0.6.1"
+  CEREMONY_SELF_REF: "0.6.2"
   VERSION_SOURCE: ${{ inputs.version-source }}
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 394f84e..b616048 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.6.2-dev
+0.6.2