diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 0be1d60..9d3603b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ jobs:
           version_no_v="${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}"
           version_no_v="${version_no_v#v}"
           cp packaging/aur/subminer-bin/PKGBUILD aur-subminer-bin/PKGBUILD
+          cp packaging/aur/subminer-bin/.SRCINFO aur-subminer-bin/.SRCINFO
           bash scripts/update-aur-package.sh \
             --pkg-dir aur-subminer-bin \
             --version "${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}" \
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8e8a987..50b8127 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v0.6.5 (2026-03-15)
+
+### Internal
+- Release: Seed the AUR checkout with the repo `.SRCINFO` template before rewriting metadata so tagged releases do not depend on prior AUR state.
+
 ## v0.6.4 (2026-03-15)
 
 ### Internal
diff --git a/docs-site/changelog.md b/docs-site/changelog.md
index 9ec7e3a..5a904e4 100644
--- a/docs-site/changelog.md
+++ b/docs-site/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v0.6.5 (2026-03-15)
+- Seeded the AUR checkout with the repo `.SRCINFO` template before rewriting metadata so tagged releases do not depend on prior AUR state.
+
 ## v0.6.4 (2026-03-15)
 - Reworked AUR metadata generation to update `.SRCINFO` directly instead of depending on runner `makepkg`, fixing tagged release publishing for `subminer-bin`.
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 111889c..ccea6a1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "subminer",
-  "version": "0.6.4",
+  "version": "0.6.5",
   "description": "All-in-one sentence mining overlay with AnkiConnect and dictionary integration",
   "packageManager": "bun@1.3.5",
   "main": "dist/main-entry.js",
diff --git a/release/release-notes.md b/release/release-notes.md
index bab84b6..23298b2 100644
--- a/release/release-notes.md
+++ b/release/release-notes.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Highlights
 ### Internal
-- Release: Reworked AUR metadata generation to update `.SRCINFO` directly instead of depending on runner `makepkg`, fixing tagged release publishing for `subminer-bin`.
+- Release: Seed the AUR checkout with the repo `.SRCINFO` template before rewriting metadata so tagged releases do not depend on prior AUR state.
 
 ## Installation
 
diff --git a/src/release-workflow.test.ts b/src/release-workflow.test.ts
index e222bfc..685773c 100644
--- a/src/release-workflow.test.ts
+++ b/src/release-workflow.test.ts
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ test('release workflow publishes subminer-bin to AUR from tagged release artifac
   assert.match(releaseWorkflow, /AUR_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY/);
   assert.match(releaseWorkflow, /ssh:\/\/aur@aur\.archlinux\.org\/subminer-bin\.git/);
   assert.match(releaseWorkflow, /scripts\/update-aur-package\.sh/);
+  assert.match(
+    releaseWorkflow,
+    /cp packaging\/aur\/subminer-bin\/\.SRCINFO aur-subminer-bin\/\.SRCINFO/,
+  );
   assert.match(releaseWorkflow, /version_no_v="\$\{\{ steps\.version\.outputs\.VERSION \}\}"/);
   assert.match(releaseWorkflow, /SubMiner-\$\{version_no_v\}\.AppImage/);
   assert.doesNotMatch(