diff --git a/cmd/mesh-controller/placement_export_integration_test.go b/cmd/mesh-controller/placement_export_integration_test.go
index 6eeaf8ca..197e1d0b 100644
--- a/cmd/mesh-controller/placement_export_integration_test.go
+++ b/cmd/mesh-controller/placement_export_integration_test.go
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ func TestThePlacementExportIsEachNodesPlacementFromTheStore(t *testing.T) {
 		if a := got.Assigned(); len(a) == 0 || !strings.Contains(strings.Join(a, ","), overlay.Name) {
 			t.Errorf("%s's modules are %v, want the private network among them", name, a)
 		}
+		// What it prints is the file the seed writes: at the placement file's version, read back by its reader.
+		if raw, _ := json.Marshal(got); got.V != sdkdelivery.Version {
+			t.Errorf("%s is exported at version %d: %s", name, got.V, raw)
+		} else if _, err := sdkdelivery.DecodePlacement(raw); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%s's export does not read as a placement file: %v", name, err)
+		}
 		want, err := frombus.Export(in, name)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c26328a8..51113d49 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/novox/mesh-controller
 go 1.26.0
 
 require (
-	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261026183837-9713c3023a18
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261026190832-3968849b1b36
 	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.10.0
 	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.11.17
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 44b3af98..f22bc6cb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261026182519-53c2def1a520 h1:twiziR88
 git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261026182519-53c2def1a520/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
 git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261026183837-9713c3023a18 h1:HWNPfnT9YT9O6xHPLy2y6Q+LYT8XRjvLnZw9O61NETk=
 git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261026183837-9713c3023a18/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261026190832-3968849b1b36 h1:aBkmFUq/zAVdR3PzfgjjC9AxSymNl3eVC7UEZv9tZ0Q=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261026190832-3968849b1b36/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op h1:Z/MZK75wC/NSrkgqeNIa7jexam9uWzhLmFTSCPI/kn0=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op/go.mod h1:FQyySiasQQM8735Ddel3MRojmy4dA1IqCeyJ5jmPMbI=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
diff --git a/testdata/beside/CAPTURED b/testdata/beside/CAPTURED
index 949b5d6c..f341c71a 100644
--- a/testdata/beside/CAPTURED
+++ b/testdata/beside/CAPTURED
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ a second place to clean besides the catalogue itself.
 
 mesh-catalog  3a1017f5594217092a654dd1e2d72226766bc16a  modules/*/module.json, modules/*/files, modules/*/templates, predefined.json
 mesh-host     9d9e3a46c4f5943cfffb413d962ce48b75e2fd39  examples/foundation-first-node.lock
-mesh-sdk      9713c3023a18b211499d90a077fe8e677f968d86  conformance/events/module-event.json
+mesh-sdk      3968849b1b36a1823628c8324c042ed50d8d3e75  conformance/events/module-event.json
 
 To move them, from this repository's root, with the two repositories checked out beside it: