diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 65d7644..c9b4207 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
           mv skeletonkey skeletonkey-${{ matrix.target }}
           sha256sum skeletonkey-${{ matrix.target }} > skeletonkey-${{ matrix.target }}.sha256
 
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: skeletonkey-${{ matrix.target }}
           path: |
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           mv skeletonkey skeletonkey-x86_64-static
           sha256sum skeletonkey-x86_64-static > skeletonkey-x86_64-static.sha256
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: skeletonkey-x86_64-static
           path: |
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           mv skeletonkey skeletonkey-arm64-static
           sha256sum skeletonkey-arm64-static > skeletonkey-arm64-static.sha256
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: skeletonkey-arm64-static
           path: |
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           path: dist
 
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
       - name: publish release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v3
         with:
           tag_name: ${{ steps.notes.outputs.tag }}
           name: SKELETONKEY ${{ steps.notes.outputs.tag }}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8e07792..60fcd86 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ also compile (modules with Linux-only headers stub out gracefully).
 
 ## Status
 
-**v0.9.6 cut 2026-05-28.** 39 modules across 34 CVEs — **every
+**v0.9.7 cut 2026-06-01.** 39 modules across 34 CVEs — **every
 year 2016 → 2026 now covered**. v0.9.0 added 5 gap-fillers
 (`mutagen_astronomy` / `sudo_runas_neg1` / `tioscpgrp` / `vsock_uaf` /
 `nft_pipapo`); v0.8.0 added 3 (`sudo_chwoot` / `udisks_libblockdev` /
diff --git a/docs/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/docs/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index cbe7813..d8d05f7 100644
--- a/docs/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/docs/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,30 @@
+## SKELETONKEY v0.9.7 — kernel_range drift fix + CI Node 24 readiness
+
+Two maintenance fixes, no new modules.
+
+**`fragnesia` kernel_range drift.** Debian backported CVE-2026-46300 to
+the 5.10 oldstable branch (bullseye 5.10.257), a branch the module's
+`kernel_patched_from` table didn't model — on a patched bullseye host
+`detect()` would have false-positived VULNERABLE. Added the `{5,10,257}`
+entry; the weekly `refresh-kernel-ranges.py` drift gate is green again.
+(The other flagged modules are INFO-only "more permissive" thresholds
+the check tolerates by design.)
+
+**CI Node 24 readiness.** GitHub forces the Node 24 Actions runtime on
+2026-06-16 and removes Node 20. Bumped every workflow action off its
+Node-20 line:
+
+- `actions/checkout` v4 → v6
+- `actions/upload-artifact` v4 → v7
+- `actions/download-artifact` v4 → v8
+- `softprops/action-gh-release` v2 → v3
+
+Each was reviewed against its changelog: the artifact flow uploads
+default-zipped, uniquely-named artifacts and downloads the full set, so
+none of the major-version breaking changes (opt-in direct uploads,
+download-by-ID path changes) apply. This release is itself the
+end-to-end test of the new artifact actions.
+
 ## SKELETONKEY v0.9.6 — `--auto` no longer prompts for sudo password
 
 Two sudo modules' `detect()` bodies invoked `sudo -ln` to read the
diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html
index 2e809b9..860f799 100644
--- a/docs/index.html
+++ b/docs/index.html
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
   <div class="container hero-inner">
     <div class="hero-eyebrow">
       <span class="dot dot-pulse"></span>
-      v0.9.6 — released 2026-05-28
+      v0.9.7 — released 2026-06-01
     </div>
     <h1 class="hero-title">
       <span class="display-wordmark">SKELETONKEY</span>
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ uid=0(root) gid=0(root)</pre>
       who found the bugs.
     </p>
     <p class="footer-meta">
-      v0.9.6 · MIT · <a href="https://github.com/KaraZajac/SKELETONKEY">github.com/KaraZajac/SKELETONKEY</a>
+      v0.9.7 · MIT · <a href="https://github.com/KaraZajac/SKELETONKEY">github.com/KaraZajac/SKELETONKEY</a>
     </p>
   </div>
 </footer>
diff --git a/skeletonkey.c b/skeletonkey.c
index 9f1c7da..5910b3c 100644
--- a/skeletonkey.c
+++ b/skeletonkey.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-#define SKELETONKEY_VERSION "0.9.6"
+#define SKELETONKEY_VERSION "0.9.7"
 
 static const char BANNER[] =
 "\n"