diff --git a/.claude/CLAUDE.md b/.claude/CLAUDE.md
index cfe0fa0..eecf0a3 100644
--- a/.claude/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/.claude/CLAUDE.md
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ Output: `build/<arch>/kernel/starkernel_loader.efi` + `build/<arch>/kernel/stark
 Two independently tracked version strings flow into the generated `include/version.h`:
 `VERSION` (`Makefile.starkernel` — the embedded StarForth engine version, currently `3.1.0`;
 note this does **not** auto-sync with the standalone StarForth repo's own version) and
-`LITHOS_VERSION` (`Makefile.starkernel` — the kernel version, currently `1.5.4`).
+`LITHOS_VERSION` (`Makefile.starkernel` — the kernel version, currently `2.0.0`).
 
 ### Build configuration (Kconfig — real, wired, not vestigial)
 
diff --git a/Makefile.starkernel b/Makefile.starkernel
index e16f0f1..e38cddc 100644
--- a/Makefile.starkernel
+++ b/Makefile.starkernel
@@ -71,12 +71,14 @@ MAKEFLAGS += -j$(NPROC)
 endif
 
 # Version
-# Roadmap:
+# Roadmap (per docs/lithosananke/ROADMAP.md "Release Versioning Policy" and
+# FABRIC-3.md §G — X.0.0 = QEMU release, X.5.0 = hardware bare-metal release):
 #   v1.0.x — serial-only production (released)
-#   v1.5.x — framebuffer VT100 terminal/console milestone (current)
-#   v2.0.0 — StarForth SDK release; v2.x.x development begins from there
+#   v1.5.x — framebuffer VT100 terminal/console milestone (released)
+#   v2.0.0 — QEMU release (even major = LTS): three-arch QEMU story complete
+#   v2.5.0 — hardware bare-metal release: real per-arch RNG + real-board boot
 VERSION       ?= 3.1.0
-LITHOS_VERSION ?= 1.5.4
+LITHOS_VERSION ?= 2.0.0
 
 # ==============================================================================
 # BUILD PATHS
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 68ec0c9..1b228b6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# LithosAnanke v1.5.4
+# LithosAnanke v2.0.0
 
 **UEFI-bootable FORTH microkernel.** Boots from firmware, initialises memory and interrupts, then runs the StarForth VM as its sole userspace runtime. No libc. No OS. Just stone and necessity.
 
diff --git a/capsules/BLOCK_MAP.md b/capsules/BLOCK_MAP.md
index fb9945c..1d5369c 100644
--- a/capsules/BLOCK_MAP.md
+++ b/capsules/BLOCK_MAP.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Capsule Block Manifest — Auto-generated
-<!-- Generated by mkcapsule --manifest  2026-08-29T13:51:54Z -->
+<!-- Generated by mkcapsule --manifest  2026-08-29T14:08:16Z -->
 <!-- DO NOT EDIT — re-run mkcapsule --manifest to refresh.  -->
 <!-- Hand-written justifications and immutability notes live  -->
 <!-- in MANIFEST.md alongside this auto-generated index.      -->
diff --git a/disk/artemis.img b/disk/artemis.img
index 6c0c8eb..f5306e8 100644
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