diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-knowledge.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-knowledge.yml
index 0ff7283..dae532d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-knowledge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-knowledge.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ on:
 
 permissions:
   contents: write   # attach release asset
-  packages: write   # push to GitHub Packages
 
 jobs:
   publish-knowledge:
@@ -58,7 +57,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Extract version from tag
         id: version
         run: |
-          VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
+          RAW=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
+          VERSION=${RAW#v}
           echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Build knowledge artifact
@@ -73,31 +73,32 @@ jobs:
           java-version: '17'
           distribution: 'temurin'
 
-      - name: Configure Maven settings for GitHub Packages
+      - name: Configure Maven settings for Clojars
         run: |
           mkdir -p ~/.m2
           cat > ~/.m2/settings.xml <<'EOF'
           <settings>
             <servers>
               <server>
-                <id>github</id>
-                <username>${env.GITHUB_ACTOR}</username>
-                <password>${env.GITHUB_TOKEN}</password>
+                <id>clojars</id>
+                <username>${env.CLOJARS_USERNAME}</username>
+                <password>${env.CLOJARS_PASSWORD}</password>
               </server>
             </servers>
           </settings>
           EOF
 
-      - name: Deploy knowledge artifact to GitHub Packages
+      - name: Deploy knowledge artifact to Clojars
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          CLOJARS_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.CLOJARS_USERNAME }}
+          CLOJARS_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.CLOJARS_PASSWORD }}
         run: |
           VERSION=${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
           # Skip deploy if artifact already exists (idempotent re-runs)
-          if curl -sf -H "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" \
-            "https://maven.pkg.github.com/manetu/policyengine/com/manetu/mpe-knowledge/${VERSION}/mpe-knowledge-${VERSION}.jar" \
+          if curl -sfI \
+            "https://repo.clojars.org/io/github/manetu/mpe-knowledge/${VERSION}/mpe-knowledge-${VERSION}.jar" \
             -o /dev/null; then
-            echo "Artifact ${VERSION} already exists in GitHub Packages, skipping deploy"
+            echo "Artifact ${VERSION} already exists on Clojars, skipping deploy"
           else
             VERSION=${VERSION} make knowledge-deploy
           fi
diff --git a/knowledge/Makefile b/knowledge/Makefile
index 671b886..fefcc65 100644
--- a/knowledge/Makefile
+++ b/knowledge/Makefile
@@ -34,20 +34,20 @@ knowledge-build: $(VENV)  ## Build the knowledge JAR
 knowledge-install: knowledge-build  ## Install JAR to ~/.m2 (for local iamlite dev)
 	mvn install:install-file \
 	  -Dfile=$(TARGET) \
-	  -DgroupId=com.manetu \
+	  -DgroupId=io.github.manetu \
 	  -DartifactId=mpe-knowledge \
 	  -Dversion=$(VERSION) \
 	  -Dpackaging=jar
 
-knowledge-deploy: knowledge-build  ## Deploy JAR to GitHub Packages (CI only)
+knowledge-deploy: knowledge-build  ## Deploy JAR to Clojars (CI only)
 	mvn deploy:deploy-file \
 	  -Dfile=$(TARGET) \
-	  -DgroupId=com.manetu \
+	  -DgroupId=io.github.manetu \
 	  -DartifactId=mpe-knowledge \
 	  -Dversion=$(VERSION) \
 	  -Dpackaging=jar \
-	  -DrepositoryId=github \
-	  -Durl=https://maven.pkg.github.com/manetu/policyengine
+	  -DrepositoryId=clojars \
+	  -Durl=https://repo.clojars.org/
 
 knowledge-clean:
 	rm -rf knowledge/target
diff --git a/knowledge/build.py b/knowledge/build.py
index fb45b1c..aa1d4cc 100644
--- a/knowledge/build.py
+++ b/knowledge/build.py
@@ -597,7 +597,8 @@ def run_assemble() -> Path:
         zf.write(CHUNKS_FILE, "chunks.jsonl")
         zf.write(VECTORS_FILE, "vectors.bin")
         zf.write(LEXICAL_FILE, "lexical-index.bin")
-        zf.write(pom_file, "META-INF/maven/com.manetu/mpe-knowledge/pom.xml")
+        pom_text = pom_file.read_text(encoding="utf-8").replace("${project.version}", version)
+        zf.writestr("META-INF/maven/io.github.manetu/mpe-knowledge/pom.xml", pom_text)
 
     # Compute sha256 over sorted entry contents (deterministic, excludes timestamps)
     h = hashlib.sha256()
diff --git a/knowledge/pom.xml b/knowledge/pom.xml
index 38481db..1bd19de 100644
--- a/knowledge/pom.xml
+++ b/knowledge/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
                              https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-  <groupId>com.manetu</groupId>
+  <groupId>io.github.manetu</groupId>
   <artifactId>mpe-knowledge</artifactId>
   <version>${project.version}</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -18,23 +18,28 @@
     agent deployments without requiring a Python runtime at runtime.
   </description>
 
-  <distributionManagement>
-    <repository>
-      <id>github</id>
-      <name>GitHub Manetu Apache Maven Packages</name>
-      <url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/manetu/policyengine</url>
-    </repository>
-  </distributionManagement>
+  <url>https://github.com/manetu/policyengine</url>
+
+  <licenses>
+    <license>
+      <name>BUSL-1.1</name>
+      <url>https://github.com/manetu/policyengine/blob/main/LICENSE</url>
+      <distribution>repo</distribution>
+    </license>
+  </licenses>
+
+  <scm>
+    <url>https://github.com/manetu/policyengine</url>
+    <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/manetu/policyengine.git</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/manetu/policyengine.git</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <!--
         There is intentionally no compile / source plugin here.
-        The jar is assembled by knowledge/Makefile (a subsequent issue)
-        which invokes:
-          mvn package -Dproject.version=<semver>
-        and uses the maven-assembly-plugin (or jar:jar) to bundle the
-        pre-built knowledge/ output directory.
+        The jar is assembled by knowledge/build.py, which bundles the
+        pre-built knowledge/ output directory into a data-only zip.
       -->
     </plugins>
   </build>