diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a1f1255..9ab5860 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: write # push release tag + chore(release) commit
       issues: write # comment on released issues
       pull-requests: write # comment on released PRs
-      id-token: write # npm provenance attestation
+      id-token: write # npm trusted publishing (OIDC) + provenance attestation
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout (full history)
@@ -239,8 +239,14 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: '22'
+          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org
           cache: npm
 
+      # Trusted publishing (OIDC) requires npm >= 11.5.1. Node 22 ships npm
+      # 10.x, which fails the token exchange with a misleading 404.
+      - name: Upgrade npm for trusted publishing
+        run: npm install -g npm@latest
+
       # semantic-release refuses to publish when local HEAD is behind origin.
       # Fast-forwarding here absorbs any commit that landed after github.sha
       # was captured (bots, rapid successive pushes).
@@ -253,9 +259,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build
         run: npm run build
 
+      # No NPM_TOKEN: publishing authenticates via OIDC trusted publishing.
+      # This requires a trusted publisher for `exostate` on npmjs.com pointing
+      # at this repository and workflow file; without it the token exchange
+      # fails with "404 ... package not found".
       - name: Release
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
           NPM_CONFIG_PROVENANCE: true
         run: npx --yes -p semantic-release@25 -p @semantic-release/changelog@6 -p @semantic-release/git@10 -p conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits@8 semantic-release
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a9a0ed7..876579e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ name: Release (manual fallback)
 
 # The primary release path is the `release` job inside ci.yml.
 # This workflow is a manual escape hatch — use it to cut a release without
-# pushing a new commit (e.g. after fixing a broken NPM_TOKEN, or recovering
-# from a release that failed mid-flight).
+# pushing a new commit (e.g. after configuring the npm trusted publisher, or
+# recovering from a release that failed mid-flight).
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
@@ -32,17 +32,22 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: '22'
+          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org
           cache: npm
 
+      # Trusted publishing (OIDC) requires npm >= 11.5.1; Node 22 ships npm 10.x.
+      - name: Upgrade npm for trusted publishing
+        run: npm install -g npm@latest
+
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci
 
       - name: Build
         run: npm run build
 
+      # No NPM_TOKEN — authentication is OIDC trusted publishing.
       - name: Release
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
           NPM_CONFIG_PROVENANCE: true
         run: npx --yes -p semantic-release@25 -p @semantic-release/changelog@6 -p @semantic-release/git@10 -p conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits@8 semantic-release
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 4136a67..0c75e9a 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -152,6 +152,21 @@ version from commit history, updates `CHANGELOG.md`, publishes to npm with
 provenance, and creates a GitHub release. Maintainers never bump versions by
 hand.
 
+**Authentication uses npm [trusted publishing](https://docs.npmjs.com/trusted-publishers)
+(OIDC) — there is no `NPM_TOKEN` secret.** The release job requests an OIDC
+token via `id-token: write` and exchanges it with the registry, so no
+long-lived credential exists to leak or rotate. Two things this depends on:
+
+- A trusted publisher must be configured for the package on npmjs.com, bound to
+  this repository and workflow file. Without it the exchange fails with
+  `404 OIDC token exchange error - package not found`.
+- npm >= 11.5.1 is required. Node 22 ships npm 10.x, so the workflow runs
+  `npm install -g npm@latest` before publishing.
+
+The next version is derived from git tags, not from the registry. If tags are
+ever lost, recreate the baseline tag at the commit the last release was
+published from — the npm registry records it as `gitHead` on each version.
+
 ## Reporting bugs
 
 Open an issue with the [bug report template](https://github.com/webcoderspeed/exostate/issues/new?template=bug_report.yml).
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 657e124..25c8c9d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "exostate",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "1.0.1",
   "description": "Type-safe state management for React, Vue, Svelte, Solid and vanilla JS — with a built-in async query cache (stale-while-revalidate, request deduplication, retries, SSR hydration), plugins, time-travel history, persistence and transactions. A Zustand + TanStack Query alternative in one dependency-free package.",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",