diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ easy to spot when bumping.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [8.4.1] - 2026-10-02
+
 ### Changed
 
 - **genre-tree**: `useListFullGenrePlaylists` requests `pageSize=100` (grow-api's max) and fetches pages 2..`totalPages` in parallel instead of one after another, so the full canonical list loads in two round-trips instead of one per page.
diff --git a/packages/app-kit/package.json b/packages/app-kit/package.json
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--- a/packages/app-kit/package.json
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@behindthemusictree/app-kit",
-  "version": "8.4.0",
+  "version": "8.4.1",
   "description": "Shared transport, auth, popup, UI, player, and genre-tree plumbing for BehindTheMusicTree React apps",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",