diff --git a/pkgbuilds/omarchy-mac-boot/PKGBUILD b/pkgbuilds/omarchy-mac-boot/PKGBUILD
index 706fcf3..b4b8f55 100644
--- a/pkgbuilds/omarchy-mac-boot/PKGBUILD
+++ b/pkgbuilds/omarchy-mac-boot/PKGBUILD
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ pkgname=omarchy-mac-boot
 # 20260921-N. Reset pkgrel to 1 when pkgver changes; bump it to re-pin or
 # rebuild on the same day.
 pkgver=20260925
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=3
 pkgdesc='Apple Silicon boot support for Omarchy: initramfs, in-place encryption, first boot and Limine activation'
 arch=('aarch64')
 groups=('omarchy-platform-apple-silicon')
diff --git a/pkgbuilds/omarchy-mac-boot/README.md b/pkgbuilds/omarchy-mac-boot/README.md
index d2506e6..83076db 100644
--- a/pkgbuilds/omarchy-mac-boot/README.md
+++ b/pkgbuilds/omarchy-mac-boot/README.md
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ It requires `limine-mkinitcpio-hook` 1.39.0-2 or newer: that is the first build
 
 From the source that drops the boot package's own Plymouth fragment (omacom/omarchy-mac#544), the Apple drop-ins build on omarchy-settings' HOOKS baseline, `/etc/mkinitcpio.conf.d/00-omarchy-hooks.conf` (omacom/omarchy-mac#536). With an older settings package the Mac initramfs loses Plymouth at the passphrase prompt. A settings version cannot express this: quattro candidate builds sort below stock releases, and `omarchy` pins its settings version exactly. So when the staged payload has no `93-omarchy-mac-plymouth.conf`, `package()` adds a dependency on the name `omarchy-mkinitcpio-hooks-baseline`. Every settings package that ships the baseline on aarch64 (`omarchy-settings`, `omarchy-settings-dev`, candidate builds) must `provide` that name. Until one does, such a build of this package cannot be installed: it fails outright rather than silently booting without Plymouth.
 
+## Publish order
+
+A new pin publishes on merge, so check what the pinned source needs first:
+
+- **Settings baseline.** A pin that includes omacom/omarchy-mac#544 (no `93-omarchy-mac-plymouth.conf`) needs omarchy-settings with the HOOKS baseline (omacom/omarchy-mac#542) published on aarch64, and providing `omarchy-mkinitcpio-hooks-baseline`. Publish that first; otherwise this build cannot be installed.
+- **Update verification.** A pin that includes omacom/omarchy-mac#543 (`/usr/lib/omarchy/mac-boot/update-verify`) must publish before any runtime that carries #543. Otherwise that runtime blocks every update on Macs whose `omarchy-mac-boot` predates it.
+
 ## Transition
 
 - It provides, conflicts with and replaces `omarchy-apple-boot` and `omarchy-first-boot`. The scriptlet moves a pending `omarchy-first-boot` marker to `omarchy-mac-first-boot`, drops the replaced unit's dangling enable link and points at a customised `90-omarchy-asahi.conf.pacsave`.