diff --git a/.changeset/leaderboard-publishing-gate.md b/.changeset/leaderboard-publishing-gate.md
deleted file mode 100644
index d7fd1cc..0000000
--- a/.changeset/leaderboard-publishing-gate.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
----
-"kit": patch
----
-
-shellcade-kit: make the leaderboard requirement an opt-in publishing gate
-(`shellcade-kit check --require-leaderboard`) instead of a generic conformance
-verdict.
-
-The behavioral "posts on leave" verdict false-failed correct round-based games
-(a mid-play leave is recorded at round settlement, not on the leave callback),
-and a static "must declare a board" check inside generic conformance
-false-fails the minimal test fixtures that declare no board. The kit module
-itself is unchanged; this rides a kit patch bump so the shellcade-kit binary
-re-releases in lockstep.
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2c37016..995004e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 # kit
 
+## 2.11.1
+
+### Patch Changes
+
+- 5ad4a27: shellcade-kit: make the leaderboard requirement an opt-in publishing gate
+  (`shellcade-kit check --require-leaderboard`) instead of a generic conformance
+  verdict.
+
+  The behavioral "posts on leave" verdict false-failed correct round-based games
+  (a mid-play leave is recorded at round settlement, not on the leave callback),
+  and a static "must declare a board" check inside generic conformance
+  false-fails the minimal test fixtures that declare no board. The kit module
+  itself is unchanged; this rides a kit patch bump so the shellcade-kit binary
+  re-releases in lockstep.
+
 ## 2.11.0
 
 ### Minor Changes
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d23f204..77bb10a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "kit",
-  "version": "2.11.0",
+  "version": "2.11.1",
   "private": true,
   "description": "Version management for the shellcade gamekit (Go module + CLI). Versions and changelogs are driven by changesets; binaries by GoReleaser.",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index d7a4859..18dec9a 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 [package]
 name = "shellcade-kit"
-version = "2.11.0"
+version = "2.11.1"
 edition = "2021"
 # #[unsafe(no_mangle)] (emitted by shellcade_game! so expansions survive
 # edition-2024 game crates) stabilized in 1.82.