diff --git a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index b96c27fe..e52b5764 100644
--- a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "basecamp",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "dev",
   "description": "Basecamp integration for Claude Code. Create todos, track work, link code to projects.",
   "author": {
     "name": "37signals",
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index e3459d5c..ccbd08ec 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ project_name: basecamp
 before:
   hooks:
     - sh -c 'mkdir -p completions && go run ./cmd/basecamp completion bash > completions/basecamp.bash && go run ./cmd/basecamp completion zsh > completions/_basecamp && go run ./cmd/basecamp completion fish > completions/basecamp.fish'
+    - scripts/stamp-plugin-version.sh {{ .Version }}
 
 builds:
   - id: basecamp
diff --git a/scripts/stamp-plugin-version.sh b/scripts/stamp-plugin-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..73b59c6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/stamp-plugin-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+if ! command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "Error: jq is required but not found. Install with your package manager." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Stamps the CLI release version into .claude-plugin/plugin.json so that
+# Claude Code can detect updates. Called by GoReleaser before the build.
+
+VERSION="${1:?Usage: stamp-plugin-version.sh VERSION}"
+PLUGIN_JSON=".claude-plugin/plugin.json"
+
+jq --arg v "$VERSION" '.version = $v' "$PLUGIN_JSON" > "${PLUGIN_JSON}.tmp"
+mv "${PLUGIN_JSON}.tmp" "$PLUGIN_JSON"