diff --git a/node-tools/go.mod b/node-tools/go.mod
index 751f6a9..d88a8a1 100644
--- a/node-tools/go.mod
+++ b/node-tools/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
-	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261103174208-b7abe203a929
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261103221822-85ba0a9a70d8
 	github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-tpm v0.9.8 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.20.0 // indirect
diff --git a/node-tools/go.sum b/node-tools/go.sum
index abad296..7679a5d 100644
--- a/node-tools/go.sum
+++ b/node-tools/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261103174208-b7abe203a929 h1:RtAFbUJRP1qO9AIMM2ue+cXNzqj7WZ7IOlSqNvttwuU=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261103174208-b7abe203a929/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261103221822-85ba0a9a70d8 h1:XEbIVImp6yGjA91rp0iZBoDdL5KfamjOuDLwWvqh0hc=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261103221822-85ba0a9a70d8/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/node-tools/internal/provide/provide_test.go b/node-tools/internal/provide/provide_test.go
index 413825d..47957c9 100644
--- a/node-tools/internal/provide/provide_test.go
+++ b/node-tools/internal/provide/provide_test.go
@@ -206,14 +206,12 @@ func TestTheManifestNamesNothingOfTheController(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	// Read as text, as mesh-catalog's controllerdeps check reads its own: mesh-sdk names no module (issue 774).
+	// Read as text, as mesh-catalog's controllerdeps check reads its own: mesh-sdk names no module (issue 774), and the
+	// manifest says it is the tool runner rather than being known by its name.
 	if strings.Contains(string(raw), "mesh-controller") {
 		t.Error("node-tools' manifest names the ended controller")
 	}
-	// The manifest says nothing of being the tool runner until the indexer whose judge knows the word runs (issue 774):
-	// the running judge refuses a manifest with "tool-runner", and while one manifest is refused the grants part holds
-	// the bus's user list, so the build of the indexer that knows it is never granted. The word comes back then.
-	if catalogue.IsToolRunner(m) {
-		t.Error("node-tools' manifest says \"tool-runner\" before the judge that reads it runs")
+	if !catalogue.IsToolRunner(m) {
+		t.Error("node-tools' manifest does not say it is the tool runner (\"tool-runner\": true)")
 	}
 }
diff --git a/node-tools/module.json b/node-tools/module.json
index e6cb6db..e9d1a43 100644
--- a/node-tools/module.json
+++ b/node-tools/module.json
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
   "module": "node-tools",
-  "version": "1",
+  "version": "2",
   "slug": "node-tools",
+  "tool-runner": true,
   "invokes": [
     "*"
   ],