diff --git a/bin/omarchy-pkgs b/bin/omarchy-pkgs
index 73467fa..58ff646 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-pkgs
+++ b/bin/omarchy-pkgs
@@ -102,7 +102,11 @@ pkgbuild_var() {
 published_edge_version() {
   local pkg="$1" tmp descs
   tmp=$(mktemp) || return 2
-  if ! curl -sf "$EDGE_DB_URL" -o "$tmp"; then
+  # Bust the CDN cache — a stale db here mis-numbers the next rcN or lets an
+  # ordering check run against last release's versions.
+  local sep='?'
+  [[ "$EDGE_DB_URL" == *\?* ]] && sep='&'
+  if ! curl -sf "$EDGE_DB_URL$sep$(date +%s%N)" -o "$tmp"; then
     rm -f "$tmp"
     return 2
   fi
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-release b/bin/omarchy-release
index 25d31fa..915aa8d 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-release
+++ b/bin/omarchy-release
@@ -176,7 +176,10 @@ ensure_work_clone() {
 published_version() {
   local channel="$1" tmp descs
   tmp=$(mktemp) || return 2
-  if ! curl -sf "$PKGS_DB_BASE/$channel/x86_64/omarchy.db.tar.zst" -o "$tmp"; then
+  # A unique query string busts the CDN cache: right after a sync the plain
+  # URL can keep serving the previous db for a while, which reads as "not
+  # published yet" to status, the wait loop, and ship's pre-checks.
+  if ! curl -sf "$PKGS_DB_BASE/$channel/x86_64/omarchy.db.tar.zst?$(date +%s%N)" -o "$tmp"; then
     rm -f "$tmp"
     return 2
   fi