diff --git a/manifest.ts b/manifest.ts
index 1a3dc59..10b17e7 100644
--- a/manifest.ts
+++ b/manifest.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,13 @@ export const manifest: PluginManifest = {
   // `plugins/node_modules/`, so the next plugin that wants sharp shares this copy rather than adding
   // another 50 MB of platform binaries. See src/servers/plugins/npm-deps.ts.
   npmDependencies: {
-    sharp: '^0.33.5',
+    // ^0.35 since 2026-08-28, moved up to meet av-club. These are INTERSECTED across every plugin into
+    // one `plugins/node_modules/`, and `^0.33` and `^0.35` do not overlap — a 0.x caret pins the minor,
+    // so the two ranges could not both be satisfied and the install failed outright. av-club could not
+    // come down: its vocabulary exposes `autoOrient` as an INPUT option, which is sharp 0.34+, and the
+    // owner asked for the current release on both rather than a floor. Atelier calls exactly one
+    // sharp method, `.metadata()`, in `sidecar/generations/inspect.ts`.
+    sharp: '^0.35.3',
   },
 
   permissions: [