diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fb2c443..a51ee1f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ npm install --save-dev @appos.space/plugin-types
 npm install @appos.space/view-builders @appos.space/plugin-utils
 ```
 
+> **Runtime support:** the runtime packages (`view-builders`, `plugin-utils`)
+> ship ESM only. The standard plugin pipeline (esbuild IIFE bundle), `tsx`, and
+> native ESM `import` work on any Node line. Plain CommonJS `require()` of these
+> packages relies on native `require(esm)`, which needs Node
+> `^20.19.0 || ^22.12.0 || >=23` — on older lines (e.g. Node 18, EOL since
+> April 2025) use `import` or a bundler instead. This floor applies only to the
+> `require()` path, so it is documented here rather than as a package `engines`
+> constraint (which would block install for ESM/bundler consumers that work
+> fine on older Node lines).
+
 Minimal example:
 
 ```ts
diff --git a/packages/plugin-utils/package.json b/packages/plugin-utils/package.json
index c04ed64..fd97656 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-utils/package.json
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
   "exports": {
     ".": {
+      "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
       "import": "./dist/index.js",
-      "types": "./dist/index.d.ts"
+      "default": "./dist/index.js"
     }
   },
   "files": [
diff --git a/packages/view-builders/package.json b/packages/view-builders/package.json
index d22a65c..9949a0a 100644
--- a/packages/view-builders/package.json
+++ b/packages/view-builders/package.json
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
   "exports": {
     ".": {
+      "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
       "import": "./dist/index.js",
-      "types": "./dist/index.d.ts"
+      "default": "./dist/index.js"
     }
   },
   "files": [
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 25ff6ab..f4d2a09 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ npm run build
 npm test
 
 echo "==> Bumping all packages to $VERSION..."
-npm version "$VERSION" --workspaces --include-workspace-root --no-git-tag-version
+npm version "$VERSION" --workspaces --include-workspace-root --no-git-tag-version --allow-same-version
 
 echo "==> Committing version bump..."
 git add packages/*/package.json package.json package-lock.json