diff --git a/modules/mesh-mail/cmd/mesh-mail/sdk_pin_test.go b/modules/mesh-mail/cmd/mesh-mail/sdk_pin_test.go
index 75412d92c..25de7d9a6 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-mail/cmd/mesh-mail/sdk_pin_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-mail/cmd/mesh-mail/sdk_pin_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 // The SDK pin a process's own bus connection needs (novox/hq ADR 0436 §4, issue 1172): mesh-mail's go.mod
-// requires mesh-sdk go at the release-2 commit (main 34392e7) and go 1.26.0, and go/process is importable.
+// requires mesh-sdk go and go 1.26.0, and go/process is importable.
 // The blank import below is what proves importability at compile time; go vet (run before every commit, per
 // the context file) already fails the build if it is not.
 
@@ -13,19 +13,17 @@ import (
 	_ "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/process"
 )
 
-// 1172/AC1: given mesh-mail's go.mod, when built, then it requires mesh-sdk go at the release-2 commit or after it
-// (v0.1.14-0.20261019062050-34392e74916c or any later pseudo-version, which the catalogue's pins move) and go 1.26.0, and
-// go/process is importable (the import above).
-func TestGoModPinsTheSDKsProcessRelease(t *testing.T) {
+// 1172/AC1, as ADR 0573 sections 2 and 4 hold it: a go.mod names the oldest version a module accepts, the check builds
+// the group's own heads whatever it names, so the test no longer reads a release out of the version. It asks that go.mod
+// requires mesh-sdk go (at any version) and go 1.26.0, and go/process is importable (the import above).
+func TestGoModRequiresTheSDKAndGo(t *testing.T) {
 	raw, err := os.ReadFile("../../go.mod")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	mod := string(raw)
-	const prefix, release2 = "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.", "20261019062050"
-	at := strings.Index(mod, prefix)
-	if at < 0 || len(mod) < at+len(prefix)+14 || mod[at+len(prefix):at+len(prefix)+14] < release2 {
-		t.Fatalf("go.mod does not require mesh-sdk go at release 2 (%s) or after:\n%s", release2, mod)
+	if !strings.Contains(mod, "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v") {
+		t.Fatalf("go.mod does not require mesh-sdk go:\n%s", mod)
 	}
 	if !strings.Contains(mod, "go 1.26.0") {
 		t.Fatalf("go.mod does not declare go 1.26.0:\n%s", mod)