diff --git a/Chart.yaml b/Chart.yaml
index 38cd350..b4789e3 100644
--- a/Chart.yaml
+++ b/Chart.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description: |
   Variation between instances is expressed via values.yaml only.
   No chart variants. No string-templating in Tower.
 type: application
-version: 0.1.2
+version: 0.1.3
 appVersion: "1.0"
 keywords:
   - odoo
diff --git a/templates/odoo-deployment.yaml b/templates/odoo-deployment.yaml
index 07147e4..e9f953a 100644
--- a/templates/odoo-deployment.yaml
+++ b/templates/odoo-deployment.yaml
@@ -123,13 +123,25 @@ spec:
               cat > /target/odoosky_hoot_dom_shim/__manifest__.py <<'PYEOF'
               {
                   'name': 'OdooSky hoot-dom backend shim',
-                  'version': '18.0.1.0.0',
+                  'version': '18.0.1.0.1',
                   'category': 'Hidden',
-                  'summary': 'Inject web/static/lib/hoot-dom/**/* into web.assets_backend (workaround for upstream manifest bug)',
+                  'summary': 'Inject hoot/hoot-dom + module loader into web.assets_backend (workaround for upstream manifest bug)',
                   'depends': ['web'],
+                  # Mirror the asset list from web.__manifest__.py's
+                  # assets_unit_tests_setup bundle. The loader at the
+                  # end registers each lib file as an `@odoo/hoot-dom`
+                  # module — without it, the bare lib files don't
+                  # define themselves as the dependency name production
+                  # code references. We exclude the same test artifacts
+                  # the upstream bundle excludes (hoot_style.css +
+                  # hoot/tests).
                   'assets': {
                       'web.assets_backend': [
+                          'web/static/lib/hoot/**/*',
                           'web/static/lib/hoot-dom/**/*',
+                          ('remove', 'web/static/lib/hoot/ui/hoot_style.css'),
+                          ('remove', 'web/static/lib/hoot/tests/**/*'),
+                          'web/static/tests/_framework/hoot_module_loader.js',
                       ],
                   },
                   'installable': True,
@@ -240,21 +252,30 @@ spec:
               # row that adds web/static/lib/hoot-dom/**/* to the
               # web.assets_backend bundle on next regeneration. See
               # platform-shim initContainer for the why.
-              SHIM_INSTALLED=""
+              SHIM_INSTALLED_VER=""
               IS_INIT_AFTER=$(PGPASSWORD="$PASSWORD" psql -h "$HOST" -p "$PORT" -U "$USER" -d "$DBNAME" -tAc \
                 "SELECT 1 FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema='public' AND table_name='ir_module_module'" 2>/dev/null || true)
               if [ "$IS_INIT_AFTER" = "1" ]; then
-                SHIM_INSTALLED=$(PGPASSWORD="$PASSWORD" psql -h "$HOST" -p "$PORT" -U "$USER" -d "$DBNAME" -tAc \
-                  "SELECT 1 FROM ir_module_module WHERE name='odoosky_hoot_dom_shim' AND state='installed'" 2>/dev/null || true)
+                SHIM_INSTALLED_VER=$(PGPASSWORD="$PASSWORD" psql -h "$HOST" -p "$PORT" -U "$USER" -d "$DBNAME" -tAc \
+                  "SELECT latest_version FROM ir_module_module WHERE name='odoosky_hoot_dom_shim' AND state='installed'" 2>/dev/null || true)
               fi
-              if [ "$SHIM_INSTALLED" = "1" ]; then
-                echo "── odoosky_hoot_dom_shim already installed — skipping ──"
-              else
-                echo "── installing odoosky_hoot_dom_shim (hoot-dom workaround) ──"
+              # Manifest version is the source of truth — on bump, run -u
+              # so Odoo re-reads assets and regenerates affected bundles.
+              SHIM_MANIFEST_VER=$(awk -F"'" '/version/{print $4; exit}' /mnt/extra-addons/odoosky_hoot_dom_shim/__manifest__.py)
+              if [ -z "$SHIM_INSTALLED_VER" ]; then
+                echo "── installing odoosky_hoot_dom_shim ($SHIM_MANIFEST_VER) — hoot-dom workaround ──"
                 odoo -i odoosky_hoot_dom_shim -d "$DBNAME" --stop-after-init --no-http \
                   --db_host="$HOST" --db_port="$PORT" --db_user="$USER" --db_password="$PASSWORD" \
                   --workers=0 \
                   --addons-path="/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/addons,{{ .Values.addonsMountPath }}"
+              elif [ "$SHIM_INSTALLED_VER" != "$SHIM_MANIFEST_VER" ]; then
+                echo "── upgrading odoosky_hoot_dom_shim ($SHIM_INSTALLED_VER → $SHIM_MANIFEST_VER) ──"
+                odoo -u odoosky_hoot_dom_shim -d "$DBNAME" --stop-after-init --no-http \
+                  --db_host="$HOST" --db_port="$PORT" --db_user="$USER" --db_password="$PASSWORD" \
+                  --workers=0 \
+                  --addons-path="/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/addons,{{ .Values.addonsMountPath }}"
+              else
+                echo "── odoosky_hoot_dom_shim $SHIM_INSTALLED_VER up-to-date — skipping ──"
               fi
               echo "── db-init done ──"
           env: