diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 77d64b9..af56dfc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 name: Release-please
 
-# release-please maintains a "chore(flow-schema): release X.Y.Z" PR that
-# bumps packages/flow-schema and updates its CHANGELOG from conventional
-# commits. Merging the PR cuts a `flow-schema-vX.Y.Z` tag + GitHub release,
-# which triggers the npm publish job below.
+# release-please maintains a single release PR covering BOTH packages
+# (manifest mode, separate-pull-requests off): it bumps whichever of
+# packages/flow-schema (npm) and crates/wavekat-flow (crates.io) have
+# releasable commits and updates their CHANGELOGs. Merging the PR cuts a
+# `flow-schema-vX.Y.Z` and/or `wavekat-flow-vX.Y.Z` tag + GitHub release,
+# which triggers the matching publish job(s) below.
 #
 # Publishing is gated on the RELEASE_ENABLED repository variable. npm auth
 # uses trusted publishing (OIDC): the package's npm settings trust this repo
 # + this workflow file, so no registry token is stored anywhere. Renaming
 # this file breaks publishing until the npm trusted-publisher config is
-# updated to match.
-# The Rust twin lives in release-plz.yml (tags `wavekat-flow-vX.Y.Z`).
+# updated to match. crates.io auth is the org-level CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN
+# secret. (Rust releases moved here from release-plz at 0.0.2.)
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     outputs:
       flow_schema_released: ${{ steps.release.outputs['packages/flow-schema--release_created'] }}
+      wavekat_flow_released: ${{ steps.release.outputs['crates/wavekat-flow--release_created'] }}
     steps:
       - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         id: release
@@ -54,3 +57,17 @@ jobs:
       # in the npm CLI. prepublishOnly runs typecheck + test + build first.
       - run: npm publish
         working-directory: packages/flow-schema
+
+  cargo-publish:
+    needs: release-please
+    if: needs.release-please.outputs.wavekat_flow_released == 'true' && vars.RELEASE_ENABLED == 'true'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+      - run: cargo publish -p wavekat-flow
+        env:
+          CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-plz.yml b/.github/workflows/release-plz.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 436c8f8..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release-plz.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-name: Release-plz
-
-# release-plz maintains a release PR that bumps the wavekat-flow crate and
-# its CHANGELOG from conventional commits; the release job publishes merged,
-# unpublished versions to crates.io and cuts a `wavekat-flow-vX.Y.Z` tag +
-# GitHub release.
-#
-# Publishing is gated on the RELEASE_ENABLED repository variable (plus the
-# CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN secret) so nothing can reach the registry while the
-# repo is private — flipping the repo public is: set the variable, add the
-# token. The TS twin lives in release-please.yml (tags `flow-schema-vX.Y.Z`).
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [main]
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  release-plz-release:
-    if: vars.RELEASE_ENABLED == 'true'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      pull-requests: read
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
-      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-      - uses: release-plz/action@v0.5
-        with:
-          command: release
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
-
-  release-plz-pr:
-    needs: release-plz-release
-    if: always()
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      pull-requests: write
-    concurrency:
-      group: release-plz-${{ github.ref }}
-      cancel-in-progress: false
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
-      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-      - uses: release-plz/action@v0.5
-        id: release-plz
-        with:
-          command: release-pr
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Job summary
-        if: always()
-        run: |
-          echo "## Release PR" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-          if [ "${{ steps.release-plz.outputs.prs_created }}" = "true" ]; then
-            echo "Release PR created." >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-          else
-            echo "No release PR created." >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-          fi
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 67e5ac0..0d0156b 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "packages/flow-schema": "0.0.2"
+  "packages/flow-schema": "0.0.2",
+  "crates/wavekat-flow": "0.0.2"
 }
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 3eef193..1c2a494 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -54,9 +54,11 @@ shared tests. See `README.md` for the full design and the phased roadmap.
 Both packages are **published** (`@wavekat/flow-schema` on npm, `wavekat-flow`
 on crates.io) and stay `0.0.x` until the consumer repos have adopted them. Do
 not `npm publish` / `cargo publish` manually — releases are cut by the
-automation: `release-please` (TS, tags `flow-schema-vX.Y.Z`) and `release-plz`
-(Rust, tags `wavekat-flow-vX.Y.Z`) maintain release PRs; merging a release PR
-publishes. Publish jobs are gated on the `RELEASE_ENABLED` repo variable
+automation: `release-please` maintains **one combined release PR** covering
+both packages (tags `flow-schema-vX.Y.Z` and `wavekat-flow-vX.Y.Z`); merging
+it publishes whichever packages had releasable commits. The crate's `version`
+is deliberately literal in its own `Cargo.toml` (not workspace-inherited) so
+release-please can bump it. Publish jobs are gated on the `RELEASE_ENABLED` repo variable
 (set). npm auth is trusted publishing (OIDC — no token; the npm package trusts
 `release-please.yml` in this repo, so renaming that file breaks publishing);
 crates.io auth is the org-level `CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN` secret.
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7ad1baa..26c07b3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ members = ["crates/*"]
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.0.2"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 rust-version = "1.88"
diff --git a/crates/wavekat-flow/Cargo.toml b/crates/wavekat-flow/Cargo.toml
index 2198e24..4f47d04 100644
--- a/crates/wavekat-flow/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/wavekat-flow/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 [package]
 name = "wavekat-flow"
-version.workspace = true
+# Literal (not workspace-inherited) so release-please's Cargo updater can
+# bump it — the cargo-workspace plugin doesn't rewrite [workspace.package].
+version = "0.0.2"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
diff --git a/docs/ROADMAP.md b/docs/ROADMAP.md
index eebd9e7..935a72f 100644
--- a/docs/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/docs/ROADMAP.md
@@ -135,7 +135,10 @@ Trigger: the format is stable enough and the repo is ready to be public.
       consumer repos have adopted the published packages.
 
 ### Release automation (match house style)
-- [x] Rust: `release-plz` (workflow shape from `wavekat-platform-client`, on
+- [x] (Superseded at 0.0.2: Rust releases folded into release-please — one
+      combined release PR for both packages, `cargo-workspace` plugin, same
+      `wavekat-flow-vX.Y.Z` tag stream; release-plz removed.)
+      Rust: `release-plz` (workflow shape from `wavekat-platform-client`, on
       hosted runners like the rest of this repo's CI). Tags
       `wavekat-flow-vX.Y.Z` (crate-name prefix so the two tag streams in this
       repo can't collide).
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 03a52f0..d7883a5 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -3,11 +3,17 @@
   "include-component-in-tag": true,
   "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
   "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
+  "plugins": ["cargo-workspace"],
   "packages": {
     "packages/flow-schema": {
       "release-type": "node",
       "package-name": "@wavekat/flow-schema",
       "component": "flow-schema"
+    },
+    "crates/wavekat-flow": {
+      "release-type": "rust",
+      "package-name": "wavekat-flow",
+      "component": "wavekat-flow"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/release-plz.toml b/release-plz.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index f12da89..0000000
--- a/release-plz.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# Rust release automation (twin of release-please-config.json for npm).
-# Tag/release names are prefixed with the crate name so they can never
-# collide with release-please's `flow-schema-v*` tags in the same repo.
-
-[workspace]
-git_tag_enable = true
-git_release_enable = true
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wavekat-flow"
-git_tag_name = "wavekat-flow-v{{ version }}"
-git_release_name = "wavekat-flow-v{{ version }}"