diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cbc56dd..220e23c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ python/corvid/_native.*
 # test scratch
 tests/work/
 .pytest_cache/
+wheels/
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 84e2902..0c0d613 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 version = 4
 
 [[package]]
-name = "corvid"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/corvid-db/corvid.git?tag=v0.3.1#9fe89c15a3ab8eaae369990f90ed85671302c716"
+name = "corvid-db"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "git+https://github.com/corvid-db/corvid.git?tag=v0.3.2#b726ac5a1ebace9f94dc12007a4e06927241cf4c"
 dependencies = [
  "redb",
  "thiserror",
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "corvid-python"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "corvid",
+ "corvid-db",
  "pyo3",
  "redb",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 95bd422..7e3e94a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 pyo3 = { version = "0.29", features = ["abi3-py311"] }
 
 # The engine, pinned to the exact release tag (docs/PLAN.md §2: the
-# binding pins exact engine tags; corvid is not on crates.io).
-corvid = { git = "https://github.com/corvid-db/corvid.git", tag = "v0.3.1" }
+# binding pins exact engine tags; the engine PACKAGE is corvid-db —
+# bare `corvid` is an unrelated crates.io crate — its LIB ident is
+# corvid, so `use corvid::…` is unchanged).
+corvid-db = { git = "https://github.com/corvid-db/corvid.git", tag = "v0.3.2" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 # Test-only: the variant-inventory snapshot test (src/error.rs)
diff --git a/docs/PLAN.md b/docs/PLAN.md
index eb62c8c..f8ffb3e 100644
--- a/docs/PLAN.md
+++ b/docs/PLAN.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ variants are additive later, decided by the FFI bench).
 | --- | --- |
 | The pyo3 crate (engine-binding layer AND idiom layer — see §3) | `src/*.rs` — `DbPy`/`CollectionPy`/`QueryPy`, value mapping, error mapping, predicates |
 | The public package | `python/corvid/__init__.py` re-exports `corvid._native`; `__init__.pyi` + `py.typed` carry the full typing |
-| The golden-suite port | `tests/test_golden.py` driving `tests/golden/*.txt` (vendored byte-identical from the v0.3.1 release — the pinned engine tag; the same fixtures the C smoke suite and corvid-node run) |
+| The golden-suite port | `tests/test_golden.py` driving `tests/golden/*.txt` (vendored byte-identical from the v0.3.2 release — the pinned engine tag; the same fixtures the C smoke suite and corvid-node run) |
 | Packaging | `pyproject.toml` (maturin, one cp311-abi3 wheel per platform), README (install-pending note), LICENSE (MIT), `.gitignore` |
 | CI | `.github/workflows/ci.yml` — surface gate + lint + golden suite × 4 platform legs (linux-x64/arm64, macos-arm64, windows-x64) × {3.14, 3.13, 3.12, 3.11} + `maturin build` smoke |
 
@@ -35,9 +35,11 @@ totals test pre-scans all files for exactly 267).
 Two architectures were on the table:
 
 1. **(chosen)** A Rust pyo3 crate that links the engine crate directly
-   (`corvid = { git = "https://github.com/corvid-db/corvid.git", tag = "v0.3.1" }`
-   — corvid is not on crates.io) and exposes the OOP surface through
-   native pyo3 classes, built into a Python extension module by
+   (`corvid-db = { git = "https://github.com/corvid-db/corvid.git", tag = "v0.3.2" }`
+   — the engine package is `corvid-db` with lib ident `corvid`; bare
+   `corvid` on crates.io is an unrelated crate) and exposes the OOP
+   surface through native pyo3 classes, built into a Python extension
+   module by
    maturin.
 2. Python-side FFI (ctypes/cffi against the release `cdylib`
    artifacts, or unpacking wheels of them).
@@ -220,4 +222,4 @@ Documented corners:
 | Variadic `and_`/`or_` (trailing underscores) | Python keywords; mirrors the JS binding's variadic `and`/`or` |
 | Counter + Arc exclusivity for `compact` | mirrors the ABI §4.13 gate exactly; pinned by admin.txt |
 | pyo3 0.29, maturin 1.x | current crates.io stable lines |
-| Vendored golden fixtures (byte-identical to the v0.3.1 tag — the pinned engine version) | stable text; the suite must run offline and per-PR (verified identical to `crates/corvid-ffi/golden/`) |
+| Vendored golden fixtures (byte-identical to the v0.3.2 tag — the pinned engine version) | stable text; the suite must run offline and per-PR (verified identical to `crates/corvid-ffi/golden/`) |
diff --git a/scripts/surface-gate.sh b/scripts/surface-gate.sh
index 3c5c4ed..2e277b4 100755
--- a/scripts/surface-gate.sh
+++ b/scripts/surface-gate.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ for cand in "$ROOT/fetch.sh" "$ROOT/Cargo.toml"; do
     if [ -f "$cand" ]; then
         p="$(awk -F'"' '
             /^CORVID_VERSION="/ { print $2; exit }
-            /^corvid = \{ git = / && match($0, /tag = "v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+"/) {
+            /^corvid-db = \{ git = / && match($0, /tag = "v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+"/) {
                 s = substr($0, RSTART, RLENGTH); sub(/^tag = "/, "", s); sub(/"$/, "", s); print s; exit
             }' "$cand")"
         if [ -n "$p" ]; then pin="$p"; break; fi