diff --git a/cmd/mesh-host/nodeagent.go b/cmd/mesh-host/nodeagent.go
index 960df22..689a6be 100644
--- a/cmd/mesh-host/nodeagent.go
+++ b/cmd/mesh-host/nodeagent.go
@@ -814,5 +814,7 @@ func selfComposer(ctx context.Context, session *link.Session, node string, say f
 		// Its modules' own secrets, sealed by the vault to this machine's key (ADR 0550 §5).
 		Own: func(ctx context.Context, args map[string]any) (json.RawMessage, error) {
 			return session.AskVault(ctx, "own", args)
-		}})
+		},
+		// And the vault's word that a secret changed, on which it composes again (ADR 0547 §2).
+		Hear: session.Hear})
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b4f5a66..f6ee935 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 v0.1.14-0.20261026182306-944a35d200c9
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261026182519-53c2def1a520
 	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 3628a34..9c8a6f7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261026181846-91413de33516 h1:xbbss6kQ
 git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261026181846-91413de33516/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
 git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261026182306-944a35d200c9 h1:ls5Jwxw4CZ9aPVhjQm9/qM88erjUU0ENRWajhD7lfb0=
 git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261026182306-944a35d200c9/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261026182519-53c2def1a520 h1:twiziR88X6ttKmw5JTd3aW6xb5bMZZ3Bl7WS2QOP3PE=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261026182519-53c2def1a520/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/internal/selfcompose/selfcompose.go b/internal/selfcompose/selfcompose.go
index 843ad70..133ceb0 100644
--- a/internal/selfcompose/selfcompose.go
+++ b/internal/selfcompose/selfcompose.go
@@ -42,8 +42,14 @@ type Env struct {
 	// Own asks the vault's `own` in this node's engine's name, with the arguments given: its modules' own secrets and the
 	// pair credentials asked, sealed to its key (ADR 0550 §5). Nil asks nothing, and a module with either does not compose.
 	Own func(ctx context.Context, args map[string]any) (json.RawMessage, error)
+	// Hear subscribes a subject: here the vault's word that a secret changed (VaultSecretChanged), on which the node
+	// composes again, so a rotated secret or credential reaches it at once (ADR 0547 §2). Nil hears nothing.
+	Hear func(subject string) (<-chan []byte, func(), error)
 }
 
+// VaultSecretChanged is the vault's event that a secret changed: a name and its generation, never a value.
+const VaultSecretChanged = "mesh.mod.mesh-vault.event.secret-changed"
+
 // Composer composes the node and is the agent's watcher of its compositions (agent.Env.Composed).
 type Composer struct {
 	env Env
@@ -128,6 +134,30 @@ func (c *Composer) Watch(ctx context.Context, _ string) (<-chan agent.Update, er
 			}
 		}(i, ch)
 	}
+	if c.env.Hear != nil {
+		heard, stop, err := c.env.Hear(VaultSecretChanged)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("the node composes again when a secret changes, and cannot hear the vault say so: %w", err)
+		}
+		go func() {
+			defer stop()
+			for {
+				select {
+				case <-ctx.Done():
+					return
+				case _, ok := <-heard:
+					if !ok {
+						return
+					}
+					select {
+					case merged <- tagged{in: -1, ok: true}:
+					case <-ctx.Done():
+						return
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}()
+	}
 	out := make(chan agent.Update, 64)
 	go func() {
 		defer close(out)
@@ -144,9 +174,12 @@ func (c *Composer) Watch(ctx context.Context, _ string) (<-chan agent.Update, er
 					c.env.Say(fmt.Sprintf("the watch of %s ended; the node composes no more until its agent starts again", ins[t.in].bucket))
 					return
 				}
-				if t.u.Caught {
+				switch {
+				case t.in < 0:
+					dirty = true // a secret changed: its new generation is asked of the vault at the compose
+				case t.u.Caught:
 					caught[t.in] = true
-				} else {
+				default:
 					ins[t.in].take(c, t.u)
 					dirty = true
 				}
diff --git a/internal/selfcompose/selfcompose_test.go b/internal/selfcompose/selfcompose_test.go
index 74a6d3a..c792cb2 100644
--- a/internal/selfcompose/selfcompose_test.go
+++ b/internal/selfcompose/selfcompose_test.go
@@ -97,6 +97,13 @@ func TestTheNodeComposesItsWantsFromTheBus(t *testing.T) {
 		return json.RawMessage(fmt.Sprintf(`{"node":"n1","key":"sk","own":[{"module":"keeper","name":"password","origin":"made",`+
 			`"generation":%d,"sealed":{"ask":%d}}]}`, generation+1, asks)), nil
 	}
+	secretChanged := make(chan []byte, 1)
+	env.Hear = func(subject string) (<-chan []byte, func(), error) {
+		if subject != VaultSecretChanged {
+			t.Errorf("heard %s", subject)
+		}
+		return secretChanged, func() {}, nil
+	}
 	c := New(env)
 	out, err := c.Watch(ctx, "n1.>")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -205,7 +212,8 @@ func TestTheNodeComposesItsWantsFromTheBus(t *testing.T) {
 	b.mu.Lock()
 	generation++
 	b.mu.Unlock()
-	b.put(t, ResolvedBucket, "n1.other.k", []byte(`{"value":3}`))
+	// The vault says the secret changed: the node composes again on that word, with no other input moving.
+	secretChanged <- []byte(`{"name":"own/n1/keeper/password","generation":2}`)
 	if u := next(t, out); u.Key != keeperKey {
 		t.Fatalf("a new generation handed %s, want keeper again", u.Key)
 	}