diff --git a/Sources/oab-instance-mcp/main.swift b/Sources/oab-instance-mcp/main.swift
index 0c03dd1..42fd525 100644
--- a/Sources/oab-instance-mcp/main.swift
+++ b/Sources/oab-instance-mcp/main.swift
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import CoreGraphics
 import Foundation
 import InstanceMCPCore
 
-let version = "0.6.0"
+let version = "0.6.1"
 
 struct Options {
     var host = "127.0.0.1"
diff --git a/docs/releasing.md b/docs/releasing.md
index 649a129..77b3ca0 100644
--- a/docs/releasing.md
+++ b/docs/releasing.md
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ lipo -create /tmp/imcp-arm64/release/oab-instance-mcp \
              /tmp/imcp-x86_64/release/oab-instance-mcp \
              -output /tmp/oab-instance-mcp
 chmod +x /tmp/oab-instance-mcp
-scripts/assemble-app.sh /tmp/oab-instance-mcp /tmp/oab-instance-mcp.app 0.6.0
-ALLOW_UNSIGNED=1 scripts/package-pkg.sh /tmp/oab-instance-mcp.app /tmp/oab-instance-mcp.pkg 0.6.0
+scripts/assemble-app.sh /tmp/oab-instance-mcp /tmp/oab-instance-mcp.app 0.6.1
+ALLOW_UNSIGNED=1 scripts/package-pkg.sh /tmp/oab-instance-mcp.app /tmp/oab-instance-mcp.pkg 0.6.1
 ```
 
 Unsigned artifacts are testing inputs only; do not install or publish them.
diff --git a/scripts/package-pkg.sh b/scripts/package-pkg.sh
index 31c854d..bfd7df3 100755
--- a/scripts/package-pkg.sh
+++ b/scripts/package-pkg.sh
@@ -34,15 +34,25 @@ TMP=$(mktemp -d)
 trap 'rm -rf "$TMP"' EXIT
 PAYLOAD="$TMP/payload"
 SCRIPTS="$TMP/scripts"
+COMPONENTS="$TMP/components.plist"
 mkdir -p "$PAYLOAD/Library/Application Support/OpenAB/instance-mcp" "$SCRIPTS" "$(dirname "$OUT")"
 /usr/bin/ditto "$APP" "$PAYLOAD/Library/Application Support/OpenAB/instance-mcp/oab-instance-mcp.app"
 cp "$ROOT/scripts/install-prebuilt.sh" "$SCRIPTS/install-prebuilt.sh"
 cp "$ROOT/scripts/pkg/postinstall" "$SCRIPTS/postinstall"
 chmod 755 "$SCRIPTS/install-prebuilt.sh" "$SCRIPTS/postinstall"
 
+# Without an explicit component property list, pkgbuild marks the nested .app as
+# relocatable. PackageKit then sees an existing copy under ~/.local and moves the
+# payload there instead of /Library/Application Support; postinstall cannot find
+# its source and fails. Pin the payload path — install-prebuilt performs the
+# intentional per-user copy after dropping root.
+/usr/bin/pkgbuild --analyze --root "$PAYLOAD" "$COMPONENTS" >/dev/null
+/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Set :0:BundleIsRelocatable false' "$COMPONENTS"
+
 ARGS=(
   --root "$PAYLOAD"
   --scripts "$SCRIPTS"
+  --component-plist "$COMPONENTS"
   --identifier "$IDENTIFIER"
   --version "$VERSION"
   --install-location /
diff --git a/scripts/test-packaging.sh b/scripts/test-packaging.sh
index 0480c50..b888d7b 100755
--- a/scripts/test-packaging.sh
+++ b/scripts/test-packaging.sh
@@ -93,6 +93,13 @@ EXPANDED="$TMP/expanded"
 /usr/sbin/pkgutil --expand "$PKG" "$EXPANDED"
 [ -x "$EXPANDED/Scripts/postinstall" ]
 [ -x "$EXPANDED/Scripts/install-prebuilt.sh" ]
+# A bundle listed under <relocate> is moved to any existing matching bundle on
+# the target Mac; then postinstall's payload path vanishes (the first v0.6.0
+# install failed exactly this way). The explicit component plist must remove it.
+if /usr/bin/sed -n '/<relocate>/,/<\/relocate>/p' "$EXPANDED/PackageInfo" | /usr/bin/grep -q '<bundle'; then
+  echo "packaging test: app is still marked relocatable" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
 /bin/bash -n "$EXPANDED/Scripts/postinstall"
 /bin/bash -n "$EXPANDED/Scripts/install-prebuilt.sh"