diff --git a/charts/terdut-server/Chart.yaml b/charts/terdut-server/Chart.yaml
index 21adfc4..ed2a2bf 100644
--- a/charts/terdut-server/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/terdut-server/Chart.yaml
@@ -4,8 +4,15 @@ description: A Helm chart for Terminal Duty — on-call alert management server
 type: application
 # These two are placeholders for a local `helm install ./charts/terdut-server`, not the
 # released values. .gitea/workflows/release.yaml rewrites both from the git tag when it
-# publishes, so the chart version always equals the app version. Bumping them by hand
-# does nothing for a release and is not needed before tagging.
-# "latest" is honest here: it matches image.tag in values.yaml.
-version: 0.9.0
-appVersion: "latest"
+# publishes, so the chart version always equals the app version.
+#
+# They are kept in step with the tag anyway. Being read is the only thing these two
+# lines do -- nothing that publishes looks at them -- and a tree heading for v0.9.2 that
+# says 0.9.0 tells its reader something false. That is what they said until 2026-09-01,
+# through two releases.
+#
+# appVersion and image.tag in values.yaml no longer agree, and that is not an oversight:
+# image.tag stays "latest", which is what a local install actually pulls. appVersion is
+# metadata and drives nothing.
+version: 0.9.2
+appVersion: "v0.9.2"