diff --git a/apps/gittensory-ui/src/lib/mcp-package.ts b/apps/gittensory-ui/src/lib/mcp-package.ts
index 678983f0fc..58dc510a18 100644
--- a/apps/gittensory-ui/src/lib/mcp-package.ts
+++ b/apps/gittensory-ui/src/lib/mcp-package.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export const MCP_PACKAGE_REGISTRY_URL = `https://registry.npmjs.org/${MCP_PACKAG
 export const MCP_PACKAGE_NPM_URL = `https://www.npmjs.com/package/${MCP_PACKAGE_NAME}`;
 // Tracks the latest PUBLISHED release: ui:version-audit requires this to equal npm dist-tags.latest, so it is
 // bumped to a new version only AFTER that version publishes (never ahead of npm).
-export const MCP_PACKAGE_KNOWN_LATEST_VERSION = "0.7.1";
+export const MCP_PACKAGE_KNOWN_LATEST_VERSION = "0.9.0";
 export const MCP_MINIMUM_SUPPORTED_VERSION = "0.5.0";
 
 export type NpmPackageMetadata = {
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 147bd48c43..38e829e139 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   "include-component-in-tag": true,
   "separate-pull-requests": true,
   "pull-request-title-pattern": "chore(release): cut${component} v${version}",
+  "always-link-local": false,
   "plugins": [
     {
       "type": "node-workspace",