diff --git a/pkgbuilds/omarchy/PKGBUILD b/pkgbuilds/omarchy/PKGBUILD
index 0e4cd6d..9617f48 100644
--- a/pkgbuilds/omarchy/PKGBUILD
+++ b/pkgbuilds/omarchy/PKGBUILD
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ conflicts=('omarchy-dev')
 depends=(
   # Omarchy meta
   'omarchy-keyring'
-  'omarchy-settings'
+  # Exact-version pin: omarchy-settings-dev `provides=omarchy-settings`
+  # (unversioned), and an unversioned dependency here would let the dev
+  # package satisfy it, leaving a mixed dev/stable install. A versioned
+  # dependency can only be satisfied by the real omarchy-settings built
+  # from the same _commit, and forces the pair to upgrade together.
+  "omarchy-settings=${pkgver}"
 
   # Bootloader stack. Lives here rather than on omarchy-settings because
   # omarchy-settings is also installed into the live ISO env (for plymouth