diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependency-freshness.yml b/.github/workflows/dependency-freshness.yml
index e3f46ac..23a0a73 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependency-freshness.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependency-freshness.yml
@@ -37,10 +37,15 @@ jobs:
           repository: kuhyx/utils
           path: .utils
 
+      # "3.x", never a pinned minor: the Python target IS the interpreter the
+      # gate runs under (registries/toolchain.python_installed), so a runner
+      # held a release behind this machine reports a repo's `requires-python`
+      # as excluding "latest" while the same check passes locally. flax-docs-mcp
+      # hit exactly that -- `>=3.14` green here, red on a 3.13 runner.
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.13"
+          python-version: "3.x"
 
       - name: Install the gate's two runtime dependencies
         run: python -m pip install --upgrade pyyaml packaging
diff --git a/app/pubspec.yaml b/app/pubspec.yaml
index 4914805..b68c81b 100644
--- a/app/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/app/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: diet_guard_app
 description: "Companion phone app for diet_guard: log meals on the go."
 publish_to: 'none'
 
-version: 1.0.71+1
+version: 1.0.72+1
 
 environment:
   sdk: ^3.12.2