diff --git a/KernelRace/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/KernelRace/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 7fee674..0ab9efa 100644
--- a/KernelRace/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/KernelRace/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ kotlinxIo = "0.9.1"
 # IosModelProvider: skainet-data-source is JVM-only (KtorRemoteDataSourceFetcher lives in
 # its jvmMain), so the iOS download path talks to Ktor's Darwin engine on its own.
 ktorClientCore = "3.5.2"
-# SKaiNET-transformers 0.61.0 is built against engine 0.60.0; keep the two pins
+# SKaiNET-transformers 0.62.1 is built against engine 0.61.0; keep the two pins
 # moving together (the transformers release notes name the engine version).
-skainet = "0.60.0"
-skainet-transformers = "0.61.0"
+skainet = "0.61.0"
+skainet-transformers = "0.62.1"
 
 [libraries]
 kotlin-test = { module = "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test", version.ref = "kotlin" }
diff --git a/KllamaDemo/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/KllamaDemo/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index d21dcbe..d96ffa2 100644
--- a/KllamaDemo/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/KllamaDemo/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ kotlinxIo = "0.9.0"
 ktor = "3.4.0"
 logback = "1.5.29"
 material3 = "1.10.0-alpha05"
-skainet = "0.60.0"
-skainet-transformers = "0.61.0"
+skainet = "0.61.0"
+skainet-transformers = "0.62.1"
 
 [libraries]
 kotlin-test = { module = "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test", version.ref = "kotlin" }
diff --git a/SemanticEmojiFilter/README.md b/SemanticEmojiFilter/README.md
index 99ba46a..5824e86 100644
--- a/SemanticEmojiFilter/README.md
+++ b/SemanticEmojiFilter/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ The LEAF checkpoint (92 MB) is downloaded on first run into `~/.skainet-examples
 
 ```bash
 ./gradlew :composeApp:run
-# with the Laya verifier (SKaiNET-transformers 0.61.0 decisions + laya modules, from Maven Central)
+# with the Laya verifier (SKaiNET-transformers 0.62.1 decisions + laya modules, from Maven Central)
 ./gradlew -PlayaVerifier=true :composeApp:run
 ```
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ The LEAF checkpoint (92 MB) is downloaded on first run into `~/.skainet-examples
 ### The Laya verifier
 
 The typed-decision contract (`skainet-transformers-decisions-api`, `-decisions-runtime`) and the
-Laya adapter (`skainet-transformers-inference-laya`) ship with SKaiNET-transformers 0.61.0, which
+Laya adapter (`skainet-transformers-inference-laya`) ship with SKaiNET-transformers 0.62.1, which
 the version catalog pins; `-PlayaVerifier=true` adds the `:verifier` module and the Laya source
 directories. The checkpoint (644 MB, `convaiinnovations/laya` `multilingual/`) downloads on the
 first verification into `~/.skainet-examples/semantic-emoji-filter/laya-multilingual/`
diff --git a/SemanticEmojiFilter/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/SemanticEmojiFilter/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index d92874e..837d89f 100644
--- a/SemanticEmojiFilter/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/SemanticEmojiFilter/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ kotlinxSerialization = "1.11.0"
 # The bert encoder, the SafeTensors reader and the engine tokenizers (WordPiece for LEAF) come from
 # the engine BOM; the typed-decision contract, runtime and the Laya adapter need transformers 0.59.0+
 # (0.60.0 runs Laya's exact GELU through the engine's exact gelu op instead of a host-side loop;
-# 0.61.0 adds padded batches for the BERT and Laya encoders on engine 0.60.0).
-skainet = "0.60.0"
-skainet-transformers = "0.61.0"
+# 0.61.0 adds padded batches for the BERT and Laya encoders on engine 0.60.0; 0.62.1 on engine
+# 0.61.0 makes the Laya loader common code and adds the packed Q8_0 lane, opt-in).
+skainet = "0.61.0"
+skainet-transformers = "0.62.1"
 
 [libraries]
 kotlin-test = { module = "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test", version.ref = "kotlin" }