diff --git a/scripts/build-public-npm-package.mjs b/scripts/build-public-npm-package.mjs
index df024044..806fd1f6 100644
--- a/scripts/build-public-npm-package.mjs
+++ b/scripts/build-public-npm-package.mjs
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ import { promisify } from 'node:util';
 const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
 
 export const PUBLIC_NPM_PACKAGE_NAME = '@kaelio/ktx';
-export const PUBLIC_NPM_PACKAGE_VERSION = '0.0.0-private';
-export const PUBLIC_NPM_PACKAGE_TARBALL = 'kaelio-ktx-0.0.0-private.tgz';
+export const PUBLIC_NPM_PACKAGE_VERSION = '0.1.0';
+
+export function publicNpmPackageTarballName(version = PUBLIC_NPM_PACKAGE_VERSION) {
+  return `kaelio-ktx-${version}.tgz`;
+}
 
 export const PUBLIC_BUNDLED_WORKSPACE_PACKAGES = [
   '@ktx/llm',
@@ -42,13 +45,14 @@ function scriptRootDir() {
   return resolve(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '..');
 }
 
-export function publicNpmPackageLayout(rootDir = scriptRootDir()) {
+export function publicNpmPackageLayout(rootDir = scriptRootDir(), version = PUBLIC_NPM_PACKAGE_VERSION) {
   return {
     rootDir,
+    packageVersion: version,
     cliPackageRoot: join(rootDir, 'packages', 'cli'),
     packRoot: join(rootDir, 'dist', 'public-npm-package'),
     npmDir: join(rootDir, 'dist', 'artifacts', 'npm'),
-    tarballPath: join(rootDir, 'dist', 'artifacts', 'npm', PUBLIC_NPM_PACKAGE_TARBALL),
+    tarballPath: join(rootDir, 'dist', 'artifacts', 'npm', publicNpmPackageTarballName(version)),
   };
 }
 
@@ -114,10 +118,10 @@ export function collectPublicDependencies(packageJsons) {
   return sortedObject(dependencies);
 }
 
-export function publicNpmPackageJson(cliPackageJson, dependencies) {
+export function publicNpmPackageJson(cliPackageJson, dependencies, version = PUBLIC_NPM_PACKAGE_VERSION) {
   return {
     name: PUBLIC_NPM_PACKAGE_NAME,
-    version: cliPackageJson.version ?? PUBLIC_NPM_PACKAGE_VERSION,
+    version,
     description: 'Standalone KTX context layer for database agents',
     private: false,
     type: 'module',
@@ -178,7 +182,10 @@ async function copyPackageFileEntries(sourceRoot, targetRoot, packageJson) {
 
 async function copyCliPackage(layout, cliPackageJson, dependencies) {
   await copyPackageFileEntries(layout.cliPackageRoot, layout.packRoot, cliPackageJson);
-  await writeJson(join(layout.packRoot, 'package.json'), publicNpmPackageJson(cliPackageJson, dependencies));
+  await writeJson(
+    join(layout.packRoot, 'package.json'),
+    publicNpmPackageJson(cliPackageJson, dependencies, layout.packageVersion),
+  );
 }
 
 async function copyBundledWorkspacePackage(rootDir, packageName, packageJson) {
@@ -219,7 +226,7 @@ export async function createPublicNpmPackageTree(layout = publicNpmPackageLayout
 
   return {
     layout,
-    packageJson: publicNpmPackageJson(cliPackageJson, dependencies),
+    packageJson: publicNpmPackageJson(cliPackageJson, dependencies, layout.packageVersion),
     bundledPackages: PUBLIC_BUNDLED_WORKSPACE_PACKAGES,
   };
 }
diff --git a/scripts/build-public-npm-package.test.mjs b/scripts/build-public-npm-package.test.mjs
index e769f1c0..9b2c3959 100644
--- a/scripts/build-public-npm-package.test.mjs
+++ b/scripts/build-public-npm-package.test.mjs
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ import { describe, it } from 'node:test';
 import {
   PUBLIC_BUNDLED_WORKSPACE_PACKAGES,
   PUBLIC_NPM_PACKAGE_NAME,
+  PUBLIC_NPM_PACKAGE_VERSION,
   collectPublicDependencies,
   createPublicNpmPackageTree,
   publicNpmPackageJson,
   publicNpmPackageLayout,
+  publicNpmPackageTarballName,
   publicNpmPackCommand,
 } from './build-public-npm-package.mjs';
 
@@ -137,13 +139,12 @@ async function writeWorkspaceFixture(root) {
 }
 
 describe('publicNpmPackageLayout', () => {
-  it('uses stable public package build and tarball paths', () => {
+  it('uses the first public npm release version for the tarball name', () => {
     const layout = publicNpmPackageLayout('/repo/ktx');
 
-    assert.equal(layout.rootDir, '/repo/ktx');
-    assert.equal(layout.packRoot, '/repo/ktx/dist/public-npm-package');
-    assert.equal(layout.npmDir, '/repo/ktx/dist/artifacts/npm');
-    assert.equal(layout.tarballPath, '/repo/ktx/dist/artifacts/npm/kaelio-ktx-0.0.0-private.tgz');
+    assert.equal(PUBLIC_NPM_PACKAGE_VERSION, '0.1.0');
+    assert.equal(publicNpmPackageTarballName(), 'kaelio-ktx-0.1.0.tgz');
+    assert.equal(layout.tarballPath, '/repo/ktx/dist/artifacts/npm/kaelio-ktx-0.1.0.tgz');
   });
 });
 
@@ -206,6 +207,7 @@ describe('publicNpmPackageJson', () => {
     );
 
     assert.equal(packageJson.name, PUBLIC_NPM_PACKAGE_NAME);
+    assert.equal(packageJson.version, '0.1.0');
     assert.equal(packageJson.private, false);
     assert.deepEqual(packageJson.bin, { ktx: './dist/bin.js' });
     assert.deepEqual(packageJson.dependencies, { commander: '14.0.3' });
@@ -261,7 +263,7 @@ describe('publicNpmPackCommand', () => {
         '--config.node-linker=hoisted',
         'pack',
         '--out',
-        '/repo/ktx/dist/artifacts/npm/kaelio-ktx-0.0.0-private.tgz',
+        '/repo/ktx/dist/artifacts/npm/kaelio-ktx-0.1.0.tgz',
       ],
       cwd: '/repo/ktx/dist/public-npm-package',
     });
diff --git a/scripts/local-embeddings-runtime-smoke.test.mjs b/scripts/local-embeddings-runtime-smoke.test.mjs
index 32db4862..119fb05a 100644
--- a/scripts/local-embeddings-runtime-smoke.test.mjs
+++ b/scripts/local-embeddings-runtime-smoke.test.mjs
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ describe('localEmbeddingsSmokeOptIn', () => {
 describe('publicKtxTarballName', () => {
   it('selects the public @kaelio/ktx tarball name', () => {
     assert.equal(
-      publicKtxTarballName(['kaelio-ktx-0.0.0-private.tgz', 'ignore-me.tgz']),
-      'kaelio-ktx-0.0.0-private.tgz',
+      publicKtxTarballName(['kaelio-ktx-0.1.0.tgz', 'ignore-me.tgz']),
+      'kaelio-ktx-0.1.0.tgz',
     );
   });
 
diff --git a/scripts/package-artifacts.mjs b/scripts/package-artifacts.mjs
index 27eee305..c687326f 100644
--- a/scripts/package-artifacts.mjs
+++ b/scripts/package-artifacts.mjs
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ import {
 } from './build-python-runtime-wheel.mjs';
 import {
   PUBLIC_NPM_PACKAGE_NAME,
-  PUBLIC_NPM_PACKAGE_TARBALL,
+  PUBLIC_NPM_PACKAGE_VERSION,
+  publicNpmPackageTarballName,
 } from './build-public-npm-package.mjs';
 
 const PACKAGE_VERSION = '0.0.0-private';
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ function scriptRootDir() {
 
 function npmPackageTarballName(packageName) {
   if (packageName === PUBLIC_NPM_PACKAGE_NAME) {
-    return PUBLIC_NPM_PACKAGE_TARBALL;
+    return publicNpmPackageTarballName(PUBLIC_NPM_PACKAGE_VERSION);
   }
   return `${packageName.replace('@ktx/', 'ktx-')}-${PACKAGE_VERSION}.tgz`;
 }
@@ -254,12 +255,13 @@ async function readNpmPackageMetadata(rootDir, packageInfo) {
       `Unexpected package name in ${packageInfo.packageRoot}/package.json: expected ${expectedSourceName}, got ${packageJson.name}`,
     );
   }
+  const isPublicKtxPackage = packageInfo.name === PUBLIC_NPM_PACKAGE_NAME;
   return releaseMetadataEntry({
     ecosystem: 'npm',
     packageName: packageInfo.name,
     packageRoot: packageInfo.packageRoot,
-    packageVersion: packageJson.version,
-    privatePackage: packageInfo.name === PUBLIC_NPM_PACKAGE_NAME ? false : packageJson.private === true,
+    packageVersion: isPublicKtxPackage ? PUBLIC_NPM_PACKAGE_VERSION : packageJson.version,
+    privatePackage: isPublicKtxPackage ? false : packageJson.private === true,
   });
 }
 
@@ -692,7 +694,7 @@ try {
 
   const version = await run('pnpm', ['exec', 'ktx', '--version']);
   requireSuccess('ktx public package version', version);
-  requireOutput('ktx public package version', version, /@kaelio\\/ktx 0\\.0\\.0-private/);
+  requireOutput('ktx public package version', version, /@kaelio\\/ktx 0\\.1\\.0/);
 
   const runtimeStatusBefore = parseJsonResult(
     'ktx runtime status missing',
diff --git a/scripts/package-artifacts.test.mjs b/scripts/package-artifacts.test.mjs
index c4b36b09..b5a190f7 100644
--- a/scripts/package-artifacts.test.mjs
+++ b/scripts/package-artifacts.test.mjs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ describe('packageArtifactLayout', () => {
     assert.equal(layout.artifactDir, '/repo/ktx/dist/artifacts');
     assert.equal(layout.npmDir, '/repo/ktx/dist/artifacts/npm');
     assert.equal(layout.pythonDir, '/repo/ktx/dist/artifacts/python');
-    assert.equal(layout.cliTarball, '/repo/ktx/dist/artifacts/npm/kaelio-ktx-0.0.0-private.tgz');
+    assert.equal(layout.cliTarball, '/repo/ktx/dist/artifacts/npm/kaelio-ktx-0.1.0.tgz');
     assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(layout.npmTarballs), ['@kaelio/ktx']);
   });
 });
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ describe('packageReleaseMetadata', () => {
           ecosystem: 'npm',
           packageName: '@kaelio/ktx',
           packageRoot: 'packages/cli',
-          packageVersion: '0.0.0-private',
+          packageVersion: '0.1.0',
           private: false,
           releaseMode: 'ci-artifact-only',
         },
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ describe('artifact manifest', () => {
             ecosystem: 'npm',
             packageName: '@kaelio/ktx',
             packageRoot: 'packages/cli',
-            packageVersion: '0.0.0-private',
+            packageVersion: '0.1.0',
             private: false,
             releaseMode: 'ci-artifact-only',
           },
@@ -277,8 +277,8 @@ describe('artifact manifest', () => {
             artifactKind: 'tarball',
             ecosystem: 'npm',
             packageName: '@kaelio/ktx',
-            packageVersion: '0.0.0-private',
-            path: 'npm/kaelio-ktx-0.0.0-private.tgz',
+            packageVersion: '0.1.0',
+            path: 'npm/kaelio-ktx-0.1.0.tgz',
           },
         ],
       );
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ describe('artifact manifest', () => {
         ],
       );
 
-      const npmEntry = manifest.files.find((file) => file.path === 'npm/kaelio-ktx-0.0.0-private.tgz');
+      const npmEntry = manifest.files.find((file) => file.path === 'npm/kaelio-ktx-0.1.0.tgz');
       assert.ok(npmEntry);
       assert.equal(npmEntry.bytes, Buffer.byteLength('@kaelio/ktx-tarball'));
       assert.equal(npmEntry.sha256, createHash('sha256').update('@kaelio/ktx-tarball').digest('hex'));
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ describe('verification snippets', () => {
     const source = npmRuntimeSmokeSource();
 
     assert.match(source, /ktx public package version/);
-    assert.match(source, /@kaelio\\\/ktx 0\\\.0\\\.0-private/);
+    assert.match(source, /@kaelio\\\/ktx 0\\\.1\\\.0/);
     assert.match(source, /'ktx', 'sl', 'query'/);
     assert.doesNotMatch(source, /@ktx\/context/);
     assert.doesNotMatch(source, /@modelcontextprotocol/);