diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 40089eb..f890c28 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 version: 2.1
 setup: true
 orbs:
-  qqq-orb: kingsrook/qqq-orb@0.7.16
+  qqq-orb: kingsrook/qqq-orb@0.8
 workflows:
   setup:
     jobs:
     - qqq-orb/generate_pipeline:
-        orb_version: 0.7.16
+        orb_version: '0.8'
         filters:
           branches:
             ignore: automation/qbit-rc-pending
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3432b77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+name: build
+on:
+  push:
+jobs:
+  maven:
+    uses: self:KofTwentyTwo/ci-workflows/.gitea/workflows/maven.yaml@v1
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      browsers: true
diff --git a/.qqq-ci.yml b/.qqq-ci.yml
index 24f2bae..e8347a8 100644
--- a/.qqq-ci.yml
+++ b/.qqq-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 profile: qbit
-orb_version: 0.7.16
+orb_version: '0.8'
 default_branch: main
 java_version: '21'
 browsers: true
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 2e9efc8..e1a035c 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ QQQ in-app help authoring only. Core owns storage, targeting, search, applicatio
 
 ## Build
 
-Java 21, `qbit-build-parent` 2.0.0, `qqq.version=4.1.0-RC.7`; verify bundle work with local `-Dqqq.version=4.1.0-help2-SNAPSHOT` (QRun-IO/qqq#1198), stand-in deadline RC.8. Use `./mvnw -o verify` (`mvnw.cmd` on Windows), then online if missing artifacts. Maven 3.10 cannot load the current parent's unflattened `${revision}`; wrapper is 3.9.11.
+Java 21, `qbit-build-parent` 2.0.0, `qqq.version=4.1.0-RC.11`; the published dependency includes the help-bundle APIs (QRun-IO/qqq#1198), so no local stand-in is required. Use `./mvnw -o verify` (`mvnw.cmd` on Windows), then online if missing artifacts. Maven 3.10 cannot load the current parent's unflattened `${revision}`; wrapper is 3.9.11.
 
 JUnit 5 + AssertJ, real QQQ memory backend and streamed process runner. Checkstyle is copied from qbit-webhooks. JaCoCo requires 70% instruction and 90% class coverage. Do not skip gates or exclude authoring classes.
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 16e46df..79897cc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ The authoring experience for QQQ in-app help: a **Help** app, coverage dashboard
 ## Requirements and installation
 
 - Java 21 and `qbit-build-parent` 2.0.0.
-- QQQ with help bundles (QRun-IO/qqq#1198). Verification uses the locally installed `4.1.0-help2-SNAPSHOT`; the checked-in pin is `4.1.0-RC.7`, with the stand-in removed by RC.8. This is not a claim that published RC.7 contains the bundle APIs.
+- QQQ `4.1.0-RC.11` with help bundles (QRun-IO/qqq#1198), available from the configured Maven repository. Full verification and coverage checks run against this published dependency; a local stand-in is no longer required.
 - A QQQ UI using `/qqq/v1`, including its widget and process endpoints. Next supplies the help renderer and in-context author mode.
 - A host backend supporting the standard core `helpContent` table. The host owns database schema creation/migration; the producer defines metadata, not database DDL.
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 13796a2..714f6d6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
    <properties>
       <revision>0.1.0-RC.1</revision>
-      <qqq.version>4.1.0-RC.7</qqq.version>
+      <qqq.version>4.1.0-RC.26</qqq.version>
       <maven.compiler.source>21</maven.compiler.source>
       <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
       <jacoco.version>0.8.15</jacoco.version>
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>com.kingsrook</groupId>
       <artifactId>qbit-build-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.0</version>
+      <version>2.2.1</version>
    </parent>
 
    <groupId>com.kingsrook.qbits</groupId>