diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 8453073..a425f4e 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -28,15 +28,16 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1771518791,
-        "narHash": "sha256-LfTZeWGVEyJNDL6mLaXgKJIiT35sCSJ4LjGkZf35wPM=",
+        "lastModified": 1770530478,
+        "narHash": "sha256-zopOpBqaHC2t+tGYtrHyalOUsFDZai2NmZZOKJs2vfQ=",
         "owner": "steveyegge",
         "repo": "beads",
-        "rev": "4f4d982ebd6db373e5e3ac4d5e2c8d91591cc3be",
+        "rev": "c064f2aa99814d65a439b7b700fa02c44c4e0bb2",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
         "owner": "steveyegge",
+        "ref": "v0.49.6",
         "repo": "beads",
         "type": "github"
       }
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 23fec6a..0b08fba 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     talon-nix.url = "github:nix-community/talon-nix";
     openclaw-flake.url = "github:openclaw/nix-openclaw";
     plover-flake.url = "github:openstenoproject/plover-flake";
-    beads-flake.url = "github:steveyegge/beads";
+    beads-flake.url = "github:steveyegge/beads?ref=v0.49.6";
     beads-flake.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs-25-11";
     awww.url = "git+https://codeberg.org/LGFae/awww";
     niri.url = "github:hunner/niri/hunner/focus-to-workspace";
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
                 }
               ).overrideAttrs
                 (old: {
-                  vendorHash = "sha256-cMvxGJBMUszIbWwBNmWe+ws4m3mfyEZgapxVYNYc5c4=";
+                  vendorHash = "sha256-RyOxrW0C+2E+ULhGeF2RbUhaUFt58sux7neHPei5QJI=";
                   env = (old.env or { }) // {
                     # Upstream pulls an ICU-backed regex dep; keep Nix build pure-Go.
                     CGO_ENABLED = "0";