diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f80e31..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,172 +0,0 @@
-name: "Build artifacts"
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-env:
-  TERMSCP_VERSION: "1.0.0"
-
-jobs:
-  build-binaries:
-    name: Build - ${{ matrix.platform.release_for }}
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        platform:
-          - release_for: MacOS-x86_64
-            os: macos-latest
-            platform: macos
-            target: x86_64-apple-darwin
-
-          - release_for: MacOS-aarch64
-            os: macos-latest
-            platform: macos
-            target: aarch64-apple-darwin
-
-          - release_for: Linux-x86_64
-            os: ubuntu-latest
-            platform: linux
-            target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
-            debian_suffix: amd64
-
-          - release_for: Linux-aarch64
-            os: ubuntu-24.04-arm
-            platform: linux
-            target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
-            debian_suffix: arm64
-
-          - release_for: Windows-x86_64
-            os: windows-latest
-            platform: windows
-            target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
-
-          - release_for: Windows-aarch64
-            os: windows-11-arm
-            platform: windows
-            target: aarch64-pc-windows-msvc
-
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform.os }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
-        with:
-          toolchain: stable
-          targets: ${{ matrix.platform.target }}
-
-      - name: Install dependencies (Linux)
-        if: matrix.platform.platform == 'linux'
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y \
-          make \
-          libgit2-dev \
-          build-essential \
-          pkg-config \
-          libbsd-dev \
-          libcap-dev \
-          libcups2-dev \
-          libgnutls28-dev \
-          libicu-dev \
-          libjansson-dev \
-          libkeyutils-dev \
-          libldap2-dev \
-          zlib1g-dev \
-          libpam0g-dev \
-          libacl1-dev \
-          libarchive-dev \
-          flex \
-          bison \
-          libntirpc-dev \
-          libtracker-sparql-3.0-dev \
-          libglib2.0-dev \
-          libdbus-1-dev \
-          libsasl2-dev \
-          libunistring-dev \
-          libdbus-1-dev \
-          cpanminus;
-          sudo cpanm Parse::Yapp::Driver
-
-      - name: Install dependencies (MacOS)
-        if: matrix.platform.platform == 'macos'
-        run: |
-          brew update
-          brew install \
-          bison \
-          cpanminus \
-          cups \
-          flex \
-          gettext \
-          gmp \
-          gnutls \
-          icu4c \
-          jansson \
-          libarchive \
-          libbsd \
-          libunistring \
-          libgit2 \
-          libtirpc \
-          openldap \
-          pkg-config \
-          zlib
-          brew link --force bison
-          brew link --force cups
-          brew link --force flex
-          brew link --force gettext
-          brew link --force gmp
-          brew link --force gnutls
-          brew link --force icu4c
-          brew link --force jansson
-          brew link --force libarchive
-          brew link --force libbsd
-          brew link --force libgit2
-          brew link --force libtirpc
-          brew link --force libunistring
-          brew link --force openldap
-          brew link --force zlib
-          cpanm Parse::Yapp::Driver
-      - name: Build release (MacOS Intel)
-        if: matrix.platform.target == 'x86_64-apple-darwin'
-        run: cargo build --release --no-default-features --features keyring --target ${{ matrix.platform.target }}
-
-      - name: Build release (others)
-        if: matrix.platform.target != 'x86_64-apple-darwin'
-        run: cargo build --release --features smb-vendored --target ${{ matrix.platform.target }}
-
-      - name: Build deb
-        if: matrix.platform.platform == 'linux'
-        run: |
-          cargo install cargo-deb
-          cargo deb --target ${{ matrix.platform.target }} --features smb-vendored
-
-      - name: Prepare artifact files (Posix)
-        if: matrix.platform.platform != 'windows'
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p .artifact
-          mv target/${{ matrix.platform.target }}/release/termscp .artifact/termscp
-          tar -czf .artifact/termscp-v${{ env.TERMSCP_VERSION }}-${{ matrix.platform.target }}.tar.gz -C .artifact termscp
-          ls -l .artifact/
-      - name: Upload artifact (Posix)
-        if: matrix.platform.platform != 'windows'
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          if-no-files-found: error
-          retention-days: 1
-          name: termscp-${{ matrix.platform.target }}
-          path: .artifact/termscp-v${{ env.TERMSCP_VERSION }}-${{ matrix.platform.target }}.tar.gz
-
-      - name: Upload artifact (Windows)
-        if: matrix.platform.platform == 'windows'
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          if-no-files-found: error
-          retention-days: 1
-          name: termscp-v${{ env.TERMSCP_VERSION }}-${{ matrix.platform.target }}
-          path: target/${{ matrix.platform.target }}/release/termscp.exe
-
-      - name: Upload artifact (Deb)
-        if: matrix.platform.platform == 'linux'
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          if-no-files-found: error
-          retention-days: 1
-          name: termscp-${{ matrix.platform.target }}-deb
-          path: target/debian/termscp_${{ env.TERMSCP_VERSION }}-1_${{ matrix.platform.debian_suffix }}.deb
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7507c3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,368 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: "Version to release, e.g. 1.1.0 (no leading v)"
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      dry_run:
+        description: "Dry run: build & compute everything, push/publish nothing"
+        required: true
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  prepare:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      version: ${{ inputs.version }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PAT }}
+          persist-credentials: true
+
+      - name: Configure git identity
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "veeso"
+          git config user.email "christian.visintin@veeso.dev"
+
+      - name: Install git-cliff
+        uses: taiki-e/install-action@56545b37b57562edd73171cb6c62cc509db4c34e # v2
+        with:
+          tool: git-cliff
+
+      - name: Bump version
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+        run: dist/release/bump_version.sh "$VERSION" "$(date +%F)"
+
+      - name: Generate CHANGELOG
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+        run: git-cliff --tag "v$VERSION" -o CHANGELOG.md
+
+      - name: Generate release notes
+        run: git-cliff --latest --strip header -o RELEASE_NOTES.md
+
+      - name: Upload release notes
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4
+        with:
+          name: release-notes
+          path: RELEASE_NOTES.md
+          retention-days: 1
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+      - name: Rebuild site CSS
+        run: npx tailwindcss@3 -i site/input.css -o site/output.css --minify
+
+      - name: Show diff (dry run)
+        if: ${{ inputs.dry_run }}
+        run: git --no-pager diff
+
+      - name: Commit & push version bump
+        if: ${{ !inputs.dry_run }}
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+        run: |
+          rm -f RELEASE_NOTES.md
+          git add -A
+          git commit -m "chore: release v$VERSION"
+          git push origin HEAD:main
+
+  build:
+    needs: prepare
+    name: build-${{ matrix.target }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+            kind: linux
+            deb_suffix: amd64
+          - target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+            kind: linux
+            deb_suffix: arm64
+          - target: aarch64-apple-darwin
+            os: macos-latest
+            kind: macos
+            features: "--features smb-vendored"
+          - target: x86_64-apple-darwin
+            os: macos-latest
+            kind: macos
+            features: "--no-default-features --features keyring"
+          - target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
+            os: windows-latest
+            kind: windows
+          - target: aarch64-pc-windows-msvc
+            os: windows-11-arm
+            kind: windows
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    env:
+      VERSION: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}
+      TARGET: ${{ matrix.target }}
+      FEATURES: ${{ matrix.features }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.dry_run && github.sha || 'main' }}
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@29eef336d9b2848a0b548edc03f92a220660cdb8 # stable
+        with:
+          targets: ${{ matrix.target }}
+
+      # ---- Linux: zigbuild against old glibc (see Task 1) ----
+      - name: Install zig + cargo-zigbuild (Linux)
+        if: matrix.kind == 'linux'
+        run: |
+          pipx install ziglang
+          cargo install --locked cargo-zigbuild cargo-deb
+      - name: Install samba build deps (Linux)
+        if: matrix.kind == 'linux'
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y make build-essential pkg-config libdbus-1-dev \
+            flex bison cpanminus libacl1-dev
+          sudo cpanm Parse::Yapp::Driver
+      - name: Build (Linux)
+        if: matrix.kind == 'linux'
+        run: cargo zigbuild --release --features smb-vendored --target "$TARGET.2.17"
+      - name: Build deb (Linux)
+        if: matrix.kind == 'linux'
+        run: cargo deb --no-build --target "$TARGET" --features smb-vendored
+
+      # ---- macOS ----
+      - name: Install deps (macOS)
+        if: matrix.kind == 'macos'
+        run: |
+          brew update
+          brew install bison cpanminus cups flex gettext gmp gnutls icu4c jansson \
+            libarchive libbsd libunistring libgit2 libtirpc openldap pkg-config zlib
+          for p in bison cups flex gettext gmp gnutls icu4c jansson libarchive \
+            libbsd libgit2 libtirpc libunistring openldap zlib; do brew link --force "$p"; done
+          cpanm Parse::Yapp::Driver
+      - name: Build (macOS)
+        if: matrix.kind == 'macos'
+        run: cargo build --release $FEATURES --target "$TARGET"
+
+      # ---- Windows ----
+      - name: Build (Windows)
+        if: matrix.kind == 'windows'
+        run: cargo build --release --features smb-vendored --target "$env:TARGET"
+
+      # ---- Package posix (tar.gz) ----
+      - name: Package (posix)
+        if: matrix.kind != 'windows'
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p .artifact
+          cp "target/$TARGET/release/termscp" .artifact/termscp
+          tar -czf ".artifact/termscp-v$VERSION-$TARGET.tar.gz" -C .artifact termscp
+          shasum -a 256 ".artifact/termscp-v$VERSION-$TARGET.tar.gz" | awk '{print $1}' > ".artifact/$TARGET.sha256"
+
+      # ---- Package windows (zip) ----
+      - name: Package (windows)
+        if: matrix.kind == 'windows'
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: |
+          New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force .artifact | Out-Null
+          Copy-Item "target/$env:TARGET/release/termscp.exe" .artifact/termscp.exe
+          Compress-Archive -Path .artifact/termscp.exe -DestinationPath ".artifact/termscp-v$env:VERSION-$env:TARGET.zip"
+          (Get-FileHash ".artifact/termscp-v$env:VERSION-$env:TARGET.zip" -Algorithm SHA256).Hash.ToLower() | Out-File -NoNewline ".artifact/$env:TARGET.sha256"
+
+      - name: Move deb into artifact dir (Linux)
+        if: matrix.kind == 'linux'
+        run: cp target/"$TARGET"/debian/*.deb .artifact/
+
+      - name: Upload build artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4
+        with:
+          name: build-${{ matrix.target }}
+          path: .artifact/*
+          retention-days: 1
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+  publish-homebrew:
+    needs: [prepare, build]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      VERSION: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Download build artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4
+        with:
+          pattern: build-*
+          path: dl
+          merge-multiple: true
+
+      - name: Checkout homebrew tap
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6
+        with:
+          repository: veeso/homebrew-termscp
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PAT }}
+          path: tap
+          persist-credentials: true
+
+      - name: Rewrite formula
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          cd "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
+          SHA_MAC_ARM=$(cat dl/aarch64-apple-darwin.sha256)
+          SHA_MAC_X64=$(cat dl/x86_64-apple-darwin.sha256)
+          SHA_LIN_ARM=$(cat dl/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.sha256)
+          SHA_LIN_X64=$(cat dl/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.sha256)
+          BASE="https://github.com/veeso/termscp/releases/latest/download"
+          cat > tap/Formula/termscp.rb <<EOF
+          class Termscp < Formula
+            desc "A feature rich terminal file transfer and explorer with support for SCP/SFTP/FTP/S3/Kube/SMB/WebDAV"
+            homepage "https://termscp.veeso.dev/"
+            license "MIT"
+            version "$VERSION"
+
+            on_macos do
+              depends_on "bison"
+              depends_on "cups"
+              depends_on "flex"
+              depends_on "gettext"
+              depends_on "gmp"
+              depends_on "gnutls"
+              depends_on "icu4c"
+              depends_on "jansson"
+              depends_on "libarchive"
+              depends_on "libbsd"
+              depends_on "libgit2"
+              depends_on "libtirpc"
+              depends_on "libunistring"
+              depends_on "openldap"
+              depends_on "zlib"
+
+              on_arm do
+                url "$BASE/termscp-v$VERSION-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz"
+                sha256 "$SHA_MAC_ARM"
+              end
+              on_intel do
+                url "$BASE/termscp-v$VERSION-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz"
+                sha256 "$SHA_MAC_X64"
+              end
+            end
+
+            on_linux do
+              depends_on "dbus"
+
+              on_arm do
+                url "$BASE/termscp-v$VERSION-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
+                sha256 "$SHA_LIN_ARM"
+              end
+              on_intel do
+                url "$BASE/termscp-v$VERSION-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
+                sha256 "$SHA_LIN_X64"
+              end
+            end
+
+            def install
+              bin.install "termscp"
+            end
+          end
+          EOF
+
+      - name: Show formula (dry run)
+        if: ${{ inputs.dry_run }}
+        run: cat tap/Formula/termscp.rb
+
+      - name: Commit & push formula
+        if: ${{ !inputs.dry_run }}
+        run: |
+          cd tap
+          git config user.name "veeso"
+          git config user.email "christian.visintin@veeso.dev"
+          git add Formula/termscp.rb
+          git commit -m "termscp $VERSION"
+          git push
+
+  release:
+    needs: [prepare, build]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    env:
+      VERSION: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PAT }}
+          ref: ${{ inputs.dry_run && github.sha || 'main' }}
+          persist-credentials: true
+
+      - name: Download build artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4
+        with:
+          pattern: build-*
+          path: dl
+          merge-multiple: true
+
+      - name: Download release notes
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4
+        with:
+          name: release-notes
+          path: notes
+
+      - name: Patch chocolatey checksums & pack
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          SHA_WIN_X64=$(cat dl/x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.sha256)
+          SHA_WIN_ARM=$(cat dl/aarch64-pc-windows-msvc.sha256)
+          PS=dist/chocolatey/tools/chocolateyinstall.ps1
+          # arm checksum is the first $checksum line, x64 the second (matches file order)
+          SHA_WIN_ARM="$SHA_WIN_ARM" SHA_WIN_X64="$SHA_WIN_X64" \
+            perl -0pi -e 'BEGIN{our $n=0} s/(\$checksum\s*=\s*'"'"')[0-9a-f]*('"'"')/ $n++==0 ? "${1}$ENV{SHA_WIN_ARM}${2}" : "${1}$ENV{SHA_WIN_X64}${2}" /ge' "$PS"
+          docker run --rm -v "$PWD/dist/chocolatey:/work" -w /work \
+            chocolatey/choco:latest pack || \
+            (echo "choco pack via docker failed — see Task 6 notes" && exit 1)
+
+      - name: Assemble release assets
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p out
+          cp dl/*.tar.gz dl/*.deb dl/*.zip out/ 2>/dev/null || true
+          cp dist/chocolatey/*.nupkg out/
+
+      - name: Upload assets artifact (dry run)
+        if: ${{ inputs.dry_run }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4
+        with:
+          name: release-assets-dryrun
+          path: out/*
+          retention-days: 3
+
+      - name: Create GitHub release
+        if: ${{ !inputs.dry_run }}
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PAT }}
+        run: |
+          gh release create "v$VERSION" out/* \
+            --title "v$VERSION" \
+            --notes-file notes/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+
+  publish-choco:
+    needs: [prepare, release]
+    if: ${{ !inputs.dry_run }}
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    env:
+      VERSION: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Download nupkg from release
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PAT }}
+        run: gh release download "v$env:VERSION" --repo veeso/termscp --pattern "*.nupkg"
+
+      - name: Push to Chocolatey
+        env:
+          CHOCO_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.CHOCO_API_KEY }}
+        run: |
+          choco apikey --key $env:CHOCO_API_KEY --source https://push.chocolatey.org/
+          choco push (Get-ChildItem *.nupkg).Name --source https://push.chocolatey.org/
diff --git a/dist/release/bump_version.sh b/dist/release/bump_version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..67f9c2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/release/bump_version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Bump termscp version across all tracked locations.
+# Usage: bump_version.sh <version> [date] [root]
+set -euo pipefail
+
+VERSION="${1:?usage: bump_version.sh <version> [date] [root]}"
+DATE="${2:-$(date +%F)}"
+ROOT="${3:-$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)}"
+
+# in-place sed that works on both GNU and BSD/macOS
+sedi() { perl -0777 -pi -e "$1" "$2"; }
+
+# Cargo.toml — only the top-level package version (line-anchored), not deps
+sedi "s/^version = \"[0-9][0-9A-Za-z.\\-]*\"/version = \"$VERSION\"/m" "$ROOT/Cargo.toml"
+
+# install.sh — the literal default assignment only
+sedi "s/^TERMSCP_VERSION=\"[0-9][0-9A-Za-z.\\-]*\"/TERMSCP_VERSION=\"$VERSION\"/m" "$ROOT/install.sh"
+
+# README.md — version + release date
+sedi "s/Current version: [0-9][0-9A-Za-z.\\-]* [0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}/Current version: $VERSION $DATE/" "$ROOT/README.md"
+
+# site: home.html + every lang json — "termscp X is NOW out"
+sedi "s/termscp [0-9][0-9A-Za-z.\\-]* is NOW out/termscp $VERSION is NOW out/g" "$ROOT/site/html/home.html"
+for f in "$ROOT"/site/lang/*.json; do
+  sedi "s/termscp [0-9][0-9A-Za-z.\\-]* is NOW out/termscp $VERSION is NOW out/g" "$f"
+done
+
+# site/get-started.html — nupkg + deb download URLs
+sedi "s/termscp\\.[0-9][0-9A-Za-z.\\-]*\\.nupkg/termscp.$VERSION.nupkg/g" "$ROOT/site/html/get-started.html"
+sedi "s/termscp_[0-9][0-9A-Za-z.\\-]*_amd64\\.deb/termscp_${VERSION}_amd64.deb/g" "$ROOT/site/html/get-started.html"
+
+# chocolatey nuspec
+sedi "s#<version>[0-9][0-9A-Za-z.\\-]*</version>#<version>$VERSION</version>#" "$ROOT/dist/chocolatey/termscp.nuspec"
+
+# chocolatey install script — release tag + asset name in the URLs (checksums set later by CI)
+sedi "s#releases/download/v[0-9][0-9A-Za-z.\\-]*/termscp-v[0-9][0-9A-Za-z.\\-]*-#releases/download/v$VERSION/termscp-v$VERSION-#g" "$ROOT/dist/chocolatey/tools/chocolateyinstall.ps1"
+
+echo "Bumped to $VERSION ($DATE)"
diff --git a/dist/release/test_bump_version.sh b/dist/release/test_bump_version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1951418
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/release/test_bump_version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+BUMP="$SCRIPT_DIR/bump_version.sh"
+
+ROOT="$(mktemp -d)"
+trap 'rm -rf "$ROOT"' EXIT
+
+# --- build a fixture tree mirroring the real layout, all at 1.0.0 ---
+mkdir -p "$ROOT/site/html" "$ROOT/site/lang" "$ROOT/dist/chocolatey/tools"
+
+cat > "$ROOT/Cargo.toml" <<'EOF'
+[package]
+name = "termscp"
+version = "1.0.0"
+
+[dependencies]
+foo = { version = "1.0.0" }
+EOF
+
+cat > "$ROOT/install.sh" <<'EOF'
+TERMSCP_VERSION="1.0.0"
+set_termscp_version() {
+    TERMSCP_VERSION="$1"
+}
+EOF
+
+cat > "$ROOT/README.md" <<'EOF'
+<p align="center">Current version: 1.0.0 2026-04-18</p>
+EOF
+
+cat > "$ROOT/site/html/home.html" <<'EOF'
+<span>termscp 1.0.0 is NOW out! Download it from</span>
+EOF
+
+cat > "$ROOT/site/html/get-started.html" <<'EOF'
+<a href="https://github.com/veeso/termscp/releases/latest/download/termscp.1.0.0.nupkg">Github</a>
+<pre>wget -O termscp.deb https://github.com/veeso/termscp/releases/latest/download/termscp_1.0.0_amd64.deb</pre>
+EOF
+
+for lang in en it fr es zh-CN; do
+  cat > "$ROOT/site/lang/$lang.json" <<'EOF'
+{ "versionAlert": "termscp 1.0.0 is NOW out! Download it from" }
+EOF
+done
+
+cat > "$ROOT/dist/chocolatey/termscp.nuspec" <<'EOF'
+<version>1.0.0</version>
+EOF
+
+cat > "$ROOT/dist/chocolatey/tools/chocolateyinstall.ps1" <<'EOF'
+$url = 'https://github.com/veeso/termscp/releases/download/v1.0.0/termscp-v1.0.0-aarch64-pc-windows-msvc.zip'
+$url = 'https://github.com/veeso/termscp/releases/download/v1.0.0/termscp-v1.0.0-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip'
+EOF
+
+# --- run the bump ---
+"$BUMP" 1.1.0 2026-06-07 "$ROOT"
+
+fail() { echo "FAIL: $1"; exit 1; }
+have() { grep -q -- "$2" "$ROOT/$1" || fail "$1 missing: $2"; }
+missing() { ! grep -q -- "$2" "$ROOT/$1" || fail "$1 still has: $2"; }
+
+# package version bumped, dependency version NOT touched
+have  "Cargo.toml" 'version = "1.1.0"'
+have  "Cargo.toml" 'foo = { version = "1.0.0" }'
+
+have  "install.sh" 'TERMSCP_VERSION="1.1.0"'
+have  "README.md" 'Current version: 1.1.0 2026-06-07'
+missing "README.md" '2026-04-18'
+
+have  "site/html/home.html" 'termscp 1.1.0 is NOW out'
+have  "site/lang/en.json" 'termscp 1.1.0 is NOW out'
+have  "site/lang/zh-CN.json" 'termscp 1.1.0 is NOW out'
+have  "site/html/get-started.html" 'termscp.1.1.0.nupkg'
+have  "site/html/get-started.html" 'termscp_1.1.0_amd64.deb'
+have  "dist/chocolatey/termscp.nuspec" '<version>1.1.0</version>'
+have  "dist/chocolatey/tools/chocolateyinstall.ps1" 'releases/download/v1.1.0/termscp-v1.1.0-'
+missing "dist/chocolatey/tools/chocolateyinstall.ps1" 'v1.0.0'
+
+# --- idempotency: running again at same version is a no-op (no error) ---
+"$BUMP" 1.1.0 2026-06-07 "$ROOT"
+have "Cargo.toml" 'version = "1.1.0"'
+
+echo "PASS"