diff --git a/plugins/Runner/LocalAgent/manifest.yaml b/plugins/Runner/LocalAgent/manifest.yaml
index 4079c78b6..39b90e3d1 100644
--- a/plugins/Runner/LocalAgent/manifest.yaml
+++ b/plugins/Runner/LocalAgent/manifest.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ kind: Plugin
 metadata:
   author: langbot-team
   name: LocalAgent
-  version: 0.2.3
+  version: 0.2.4
   repository: https://github.com/langbot-app/LangBot/tree/master/plugins/Runner/LocalAgent
   label:
     en_US: Local Agent
diff --git a/plugins/Runner/LocalAgent/pyproject.toml b/plugins/Runner/LocalAgent/pyproject.toml
index 9c8bc0653..a824c660a 100644
--- a/plugins/Runner/LocalAgent/pyproject.toml
+++ b/plugins/Runner/LocalAgent/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 [project]
 name = "langbot-local-agent"
-version = "0.2.3"
+version = "0.2.4"
 description = "Built-in agent with model fallback, tools, and knowledge retrieval"
 requires-python = ">=3.11,<4.0"
 dependencies = [
     "pydantic>=2.0.0",
-    "langbot-plugin>=0.7.18",
+    "langbot-plugin>=0.7.16,<0.8",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
diff --git a/plugins/Runner/LocalAgent/requirements.txt b/plugins/Runner/LocalAgent/requirements.txt
index 4aa78f3b2..fec63366d 100644
--- a/plugins/Runner/LocalAgent/requirements.txt
+++ b/plugins/Runner/LocalAgent/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-langbot-plugin>=0.7.18
+langbot-plugin>=0.7.16,<0.8
 pydantic>=2.0.0
diff --git a/plugins/Runner/LocalAgent/tests/test_sdk_dependency_contract.py b/plugins/Runner/LocalAgent/tests/test_sdk_dependency_contract.py
index 24912c52a..d27b01ac1 100644
--- a/plugins/Runner/LocalAgent/tests/test_sdk_dependency_contract.py
+++ b/plugins/Runner/LocalAgent/tests/test_sdk_dependency_contract.py
@@ -22,15 +22,15 @@ def _sdk_requirements():
 def test_project_and_packaged_sdk_constraints_match():
     project, packaged = _sdk_requirements()
     assert project.specifier == packaged.specifier
-    assert str(project.specifier) == ">=0.7.18"
+    assert str(project.specifier) == "<0.8,>=0.7.16"
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("version", ["0.7.18", "0.7.19", "0.8.0", "1.0.0"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("version", ["0.7.16", "0.7.17", "0.7.18", "0.7.19"])
 def test_sdk_constraints_accept_stable_releases_from_minimum(version):
     assert all(requirement.specifier.contains(version) for requirement in _sdk_requirements())
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("version", ["0.7.16", "0.7.17"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("version", ["0.7.4", "0.7.15", "0.8.0", "1.0.0"])
 def test_sdk_constraints_reject_older_releases(version):
     assert not any(requirement.specifier.contains(version) for requirement in _sdk_requirements())
 
diff --git a/plugins/catalog.json b/plugins/catalog.json
index 9331ef413..9741fb01a 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog.json
+++ b/plugins/catalog.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   },
   {
     "id": "langbot-team/LocalAgent",
-    "version": "0.2.3",
+    "version": "0.2.4",
     "category": "Runner",
     "path": "Runner/LocalAgent",
     "repository": "https://github.com/langbot-app/LangBot/tree/master/plugins/Runner/LocalAgent"