diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a4dfbdf..3a82fe8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -201,6 +201,10 @@ jobs:
           fi
           echo "All 5 platform binaries present and valid"
 
+      - name: Verify bundled binary versions
+        run: |
+          pnpm run verify:bundled-binaries
+
       - name: Create Release Pull Request or Publish to npm
         id: changesets
         uses: changesets/action@v1
diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index 34c8a75..853d0ec 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "agent-browser-stealth"
-version = "0.16.1-fork.1"
+version = "0.16.1-fork.2"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Stealth browser automation CLI for AI agents with anti-bot evasions"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bca0142..2ef4b1b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "agent-browser-stealth",
-  "version": "0.16.1-fork.1",
+  "version": "0.16.1-fork.2",
   "description": "Stealth browser automation CLI for AI agents with anti-bot evasions",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "dist/daemon.js",
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "build:windows": "npm run version:sync && docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm build-windows",
     "build:all-platforms": "npm run version:sync && (npm run build:linux & npm run build:windows & wait) && npm run build:macos",
     "build:docker": "docker build -t agent-browser-builder -f docker/Dockerfile.build .",
-    "release": "npm run version:sync && npm run build && npm run build:all-platforms && npm publish",
+    "release": "npm run version:sync && npm run build && npm run build:all-platforms && npm run verify:bundled-binaries && npm run verify:native-version && npm publish",
     "start": "node dist/daemon.js",
     "dev": "tsx src/daemon.ts",
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
@@ -41,12 +41,13 @@
     "check:turnstile-testkey": "pnpm exec tsx scripts/check-turnstile-testkey.ts",
     "postinstall": "node scripts/postinstall.js",
     "verify:native-version": "node scripts/verify-native-version.js",
+    "verify:bundled-binaries": "node scripts/verify-bundled-binaries.js",
     "clawhub:sync": "bash scripts/clawhub-sync.sh",
     "sync:upstream": "bash scripts/sync-upstream.sh",
     "sync:upstream:push": "bash scripts/sync-upstream.sh --push",
     "changeset": "changeset",
     "ci:version": "changeset version && pnpm run version:sync && pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile",
-    "ci:publish": "pnpm run version:sync && pnpm run build && pnpm run build:native && pnpm run verify:native-version && changeset publish"
+    "ci:publish": "pnpm run version:sync && pnpm run build && pnpm run build:native && pnpm run verify:bundled-binaries && pnpm run verify:native-version && changeset publish"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "browser",
diff --git a/scripts/verify-bundled-binaries.js b/scripts/verify-bundled-binaries.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40c8b70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/verify-bundled-binaries.js
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+/**
+ * Verifies that all bundled platform binaries are present and embed the
+ * package.json version string. This catches stale binary bundles where the
+ * package version is bumped but one or more binaries were not rebuilt.
+ */
+
+import { existsSync, readFileSync, statSync } from "fs";
+import { dirname, join } from "path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
+
+const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const rootDir = join(__dirname, "..");
+
+const pkg = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(rootDir, "package.json"), "utf8"));
+const expectedVersion = String(pkg.version || "").trim();
+
+if (!expectedVersion) {
+  console.error("Error: package.json version is empty");
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const expectedBinaries = [
+  "agent-browser-linux-x64",
+  "agent-browser-linux-arm64",
+  "agent-browser-win32-x64.exe",
+  "agent-browser-darwin-x64",
+  "agent-browser-darwin-arm64",
+];
+
+const minSizeBytes = 100_000;
+const versionBytes = Buffer.from(expectedVersion, "utf8");
+
+let errors = 0;
+
+for (const name of expectedBinaries) {
+  const binaryPath = join(rootDir, "bin", name);
+  if (!existsSync(binaryPath)) {
+    console.error(`ERROR: missing binary: bin/${name}`);
+    errors += 1;
+    continue;
+  }
+
+  const size = statSync(binaryPath).size;
+  if (size < minSizeBytes) {
+    console.error(
+      `ERROR: binary too small: bin/${name} (${size} bytes, expected >= ${minSizeBytes})`
+    );
+    errors += 1;
+    continue;
+  }
+
+  const bytes = readFileSync(binaryPath);
+  if (!bytes.includes(versionBytes)) {
+    console.error(
+      `ERROR: stale binary version: bin/${name} does not contain "${expectedVersion}"`
+    );
+    errors += 1;
+    continue;
+  }
+
+  console.log(`OK: bin/${name} matches version ${expectedVersion}`);
+}
+
+if (errors > 0) {
+  console.error(`\nFound ${errors} binary validation issue(s).`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+console.log(`\nAll bundled binaries match package.json version ${expectedVersion}.`);