diff --git a/Chart.yaml b/Chart.yaml
index 3ee6034..91364f9 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: 0.1.5
+version: 0.1.6
 appVersion: "1.0"
 keywords:
   - odoo
diff --git a/templates/odoo-deployment.yaml b/templates/odoo-deployment.yaml
index a407b66..1edfb1e 100644
--- a/templates/odoo-deployment.yaml
+++ b/templates/odoo-deployment.yaml
@@ -298,7 +298,17 @@ spec:
               fi
               # 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 $4; exit}' /mnt/extra-addons/odoosky_hoot_dom_shim/__manifest__.py)
+              # H2: anchor on the literal `'version':` key (with optional
+              # leading whitespace) so we don't accidentally match other
+              # lines containing the substring "version" (e.g. a future
+              # 'description' or 'summary' that mentions "versioning").
+              # Falls back to the python parser if awk produces empty —
+              # that path also catches the case where the manifest has
+              # been switched to double-quoted values.
+              SHIM_MANIFEST_VER=$(awk -F"'" '/^[[:space:]]*.version.:/{print $4; exit}' /mnt/extra-addons/odoosky_hoot_dom_shim/__manifest__.py)
+              if [ -z "$SHIM_MANIFEST_VER" ]; then
+                SHIM_MANIFEST_VER=$(python3 -c "import ast,sys; print(ast.literal_eval(open(sys.argv[1]).read()).get('version',''))" /mnt/extra-addons/odoosky_hoot_dom_shim/__manifest__.py 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+              fi
               if [ -z "$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 \