diff --git a/packages/cli/src/util/__tests__/archive-compatibility.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/util/__tests__/archive-compatibility.test.ts
index efe8f9ba..2af52b45 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/util/__tests__/archive-compatibility.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/util/__tests__/archive-compatibility.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe('archiveCompatibilityGuidance', () => {
     expect(g.what).toContain('archive format 0.2')
     expect(g.detail).toContain('supported archive formats: 0.1')
     // Known format → concrete minimum release, not a bare "update to latest".
-    expect(g.fix).toContain('0.31.0 or later')
+    expect(g.fix).toContain('0.29.0 or later')
   })
 
   test('advises updating to latest for an unknown future format without inventing a minimum', () => {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/util/archive-compatibility.ts b/packages/cli/src/util/archive-compatibility.ts
index 0a78b4f2..b5206bae 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/util/archive-compatibility.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/util/archive-compatibility.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const MINIMUM_RELEASE_FOR_FORMAT: Readonly<Record<string, string>> = {
   // The first `agent-facets` release that emits/consumes the `0.2` archive
   // format. A CLI that supports `0.2` never renders `0.2` as unsupported; this
   // entry is what an *older* pre-`0.2` CLI is told to update to.
-  '0.2': '0.31.0',
+  '0.2': '0.29.0',
 }
 
 export interface ArchiveCompatibilityGuidance {