diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 7e0aba4..4984530 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           repository: OpenCoven/coven-cave
-          ref: 6325fc4c1154c7d7398074a9760a2e2dc323b424
+          ref: bc310e9753783678014086ed6f7ef7d3fb797967
           path: .artifacts/cave-authority
           fetch-depth: 1
           persist-credentials: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 908412c..2a7d0a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           repository: OpenCoven/coven-cave
-          ref: 6325fc4c1154c7d7398074a9760a2e2dc323b424
+          ref: bc310e9753783678014086ed6f7ef7d3fb797967
           path: .artifacts/cave-authority
           fetch-depth: 1
           persist-credentials: false
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           repository: OpenCoven/coven-cave
-          ref: 6325fc4c1154c7d7398074a9760a2e2dc323b424
+          ref: bc310e9753783678014086ed6f7ef7d3fb797967
           path: .artifacts/cave-authority
           fetch-depth: 1
           persist-credentials: false
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           repository: OpenCoven/coven-cave
-          ref: 6325fc4c1154c7d7398074a9760a2e2dc323b424
+          ref: bc310e9753783678014086ed6f7ef7d3fb797967
           path: .artifacts/cave-authority
           fetch-depth: 1
           persist-credentials: false
diff --git a/conformance/client-v1-cross-repository-assertions.json b/conformance/client-v1-cross-repository-assertions.json
index c390153..2931ad7 100644
--- a/conformance/client-v1-cross-repository-assertions.json
+++ b/conformance/client-v1-cross-repository-assertions.json
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
   "schemaVersion": 2,
   "provenance": {
     "repository": "OpenCoven/coven-cave",
-    "commit": "6325fc4c1154c7d7398074a9760a2e2dc323b424",
-    "tree": "9144939792d3dbdd91c208d7e2abc5ecc0eac089",
+    "commit": "bc310e9753783678014086ed6f7ef7d3fb797967",
+    "tree": "8a9882f45c7b9f55a2d9bb6cbd16d3ead3c489e6",
     "engine": {
       "path": "scripts/client-v1-conformance.mjs",
       "size": 146432,
diff --git a/conformance/client-v1-cross-repository-evidence.schema.json b/conformance/client-v1-cross-repository-evidence.schema.json
index 3f8da54..907a603 100644
--- a/conformance/client-v1-cross-repository-evidence.schema.json
+++ b/conformance/client-v1-cross-repository-evidence.schema.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "assertionRegistry": {
       "path": "conformance/client-v1-cross-repository-assertions.json",
       "size": 10715,
-      "sha256": "6d5619033469f81a5d40f4fa4b5000708922da29b2eb7a76e4a4db4dfff198cb"
+      "sha256": "0f8df49a870b7beaac81bc417c072d7f77c1e8a7c2c4ab1241dffe5cd757bbb1"
     }
   },
   "type": "object",
diff --git a/conformance/client-v1-cross-repository-lock.json b/conformance/client-v1-cross-repository-lock.json
index 050eec9..6d52edd 100644
--- a/conformance/client-v1-cross-repository-lock.json
+++ b/conformance/client-v1-cross-repository-lock.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "path": "conformance/client-v1-cross-repository-evidence.schema.json",
     "version": 2,
     "size": 23174,
-    "sha256": "f9d58f4daee3f8a6fbf78650a18a74ed3ac14c39f1ae086d94324658d7fbdfad"
+    "sha256": "2581b0976ba655e238d98322adb81ddfa3bc0a251e25d49fb888fa4726435471"
   },
   "candidate": {
     "repository": "OpenCoven/sdk",
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@
   "sources": {
     "cave": {
       "repository": "OpenCoven/coven-cave",
-      "commit": "6325fc4c1154c7d7398074a9760a2e2dc323b424",
-      "tree": "9144939792d3dbdd91c208d7e2abc5ecc0eac089",
+      "commit": "bc310e9753783678014086ed6f7ef7d3fb797967",
+      "tree": "8a9882f45c7b9f55a2d9bb6cbd16d3ead3c489e6",
       "releaseVersion": "0.3.12",
       "files": [
         {
@@ -274,6 +274,6 @@
   "assertionRegistry": {
     "path": "conformance/client-v1-cross-repository-assertions.json",
     "size": 10715,
-    "sha256": "6d5619033469f81a5d40f4fa4b5000708922da29b2eb7a76e4a4db4dfff198cb"
+    "sha256": "0f8df49a870b7beaac81bc417c072d7f77c1e8a7c2c4ab1241dffe5cd757bbb1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/release-readiness.mjs b/scripts/release-readiness.mjs
index 133e7a1..66ab4ff 100644
--- a/scripts/release-readiness.mjs
+++ b/scripts/release-readiness.mjs
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ const PUBLICATION_ATTESTATION_ARTIFACT_NAME =
 const UPLOAD_ARTIFACT_ACTION =
   'actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a';
 const PREFLIGHT_JOB_SHA256 =
-  'f7394ecc1d508eb31130f57a9c329d33e3be8205951a068f4b0cf95eec7511b7';
+  'ed47b6b8d41cdae65a8d9bbe6f3e7f22a82bdffe0c20c41c19ad2eef405da078';
 const REPOSITORY_VERIFICATION_JOB_SHA256 =
-  '38ac81f28e4d85cb22ca6a20d6a24687f37c552b0af82218195a24d33ce071f2';
+  'e6be4baf5f530b5b8a1124847dfae9453c52327474c01fa2a010d5d02a94c510';
 const PUBLICATION_CANDIDATE_JOB_SHA256 =
-  '070e8048a6699dc3b90a8c5394de6b212ad39cbfa923d934e61f2ebb34452427';
+  '38c3ab9cdd503cd74b0299c53d59679eede88c9a33204d71aec2fd7aa38e4d67';
 const PUBLICATION_CANDIDATE_ATTESTATION_JOB_SHA256 =
   '2ef2e4c713c67d8123bb93eecf40d10cca6c571db263334c9d550a23509a31a5';
 const APPROVAL_WITNESS_JOB_SHA256 =
diff --git a/tests/conformance-gaps.spec.ts b/tests/conformance-gaps.spec.ts
index e3d8617..0a4a0d8 100644
--- a/tests/conformance-gaps.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/conformance-gaps.spec.ts
@@ -1613,8 +1613,8 @@ describe('unresolved SDK #38 conformance gaps', () => {
     ]);
     expect(lock.sources).toMatchObject({
       cave: {
-        commit: '6325fc4c1154c7d7398074a9760a2e2dc323b424',
-        tree: '9144939792d3dbdd91c208d7e2abc5ecc0eac089',
+        commit: 'bc310e9753783678014086ed6f7ef7d3fb797967',
+        tree: '8a9882f45c7b9f55a2d9bb6cbd16d3ead3c489e6',
       },
       coven: {
         commit: '721437b84026c042e431b0882dcd14fdb29ac07d',
@@ -1967,8 +1967,8 @@ describe('unresolved SDK #38 conformance gaps', () => {
     expect(registry.schemaVersion).toBe(2);
     expect(registry.provenance).toEqual({
       repository: 'OpenCoven/coven-cave',
-      commit: '6325fc4c1154c7d7398074a9760a2e2dc323b424',
-      tree: '9144939792d3dbdd91c208d7e2abc5ecc0eac089',
+      commit: 'bc310e9753783678014086ed6f7ef7d3fb797967',
+      tree: '8a9882f45c7b9f55a2d9bb6cbd16d3ead3c489e6',
       engine: {
         path: 'scripts/client-v1-conformance.mjs',
         size: 146_432,
@@ -4976,7 +4976,7 @@ describe('unresolved SDK #38 conformance gaps', () => {
       'OPENCOVEN_CAVE_AUTHORITY_ROOT: ${{ github.workspace }}/.artifacts/cave-authority',
     );
     expect(workflow).toContain(
-      'ref: 6325fc4c1154c7d7398074a9760a2e2dc323b424',
+      'ref: bc310e9753783678014086ed6f7ef7d3fb797967',
     );
     expect(workflow).toContain('path: .artifacts/cave-authority');
   });