diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 38b5ffd..4e8e0e7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/novox/mesh-host
 go 1.26.0
 
 require (
-	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261101005736-7b09de1e5502
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261101013805-4dfc11b42431
 	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.11.17
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.57.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b03249d..093024b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261031230538-c28c645ca406 h1:Z4RcH5Ft
 git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261031230538-c28c645ca406/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
 git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261101005736-7b09de1e5502 h1:XndvkzyAFNde/821lEfYObqMTURzmve/w9Ks+QrBBJ8=
 git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261101005736-7b09de1e5502/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261101013805-4dfc11b42431 h1:3Yv1Jx+/g6xTIKGywYsp6ZWJB4w2oYG/qQSb5ARmmm8=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261101013805-4dfc11b42431/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/google/go-tpm v0.9.8 h1:slArAR9Ft+1ybZu0lBwpSmpwhRXaa85hWtMinMyRAWo=
diff --git a/packaging/operator_keys_test.go b/packaging/operator_keys_test.go
index 1605b16..68a3d66 100644
--- a/packaging/operator_keys_test.go
+++ b/packaging/operator_keys_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func TestTheManifestDeclaresTheOperatorKeysFileFedByASetting(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	if _, err := catalogue.ParseManifest(raw); err != nil {
+	if _, err := catalogue.Decode(raw); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("the manifest no longer parses: %v", err)
 	}
 	var m struct {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func TestTheManifestConsumesTheBackupEvent(t *testing.T) {
 	// 774: the acts bucket mesh-host_acts is not declared as state for now: a declared state of a module with no account
 	// of its own is carried by every node's tool runner, which would be a second writer of the engine's own keys and
 	// has the grants part refuse the whole user list (2026-10-30). It comes back once the runtime never carries the engine.
-	parsed, err := catalogue.ParseManifest(raw)
+	parsed, err := catalogue.Decode(raw)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}