diff --git a/src/deployment.rs b/src/deployment.rs
index 52286c0..61f23f2 100644
--- a/src/deployment.rs
+++ b/src/deployment.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ use scalo::deployment::{
     base_image_from_cascade,
 };
 
+/// The chart description and the OCI image description, kept as one string so
+/// the two cannot drift.
+const DESCRIPTION: &str = "Vector subprocess wrapper for Kafka-to-Kafka transform pipelines";
+
 /// Build the deployment contract for dfe-transform-vector.
 ///
 /// This contract drives generation of:
@@ -30,7 +34,7 @@ pub fn contract() -> DeploymentContract {
     DeploymentContract {
         app_name: "dfe-transform-vector".into(),
         binary_name: "dfe-transform-vector".into(),
-        description: "Vector subprocess wrapper for Kafka-to-Kafka transform pipelines".into(),
+        description: DESCRIPTION.into(),
         metrics_port: 9090,
         health: HealthContract {
             startup_budget_seconds: 120,
@@ -148,11 +152,12 @@ pub fn contract() -> DeploymentContract {
         // scalo writes no vendor, licence or copyright of its own, so the labels
         // and the generated Dockerfile header carry exactly these.
         oci_labels: scalo::deployment::OciLabels {
+            title: "dfe-transform-vector".into(),
+            description: DESCRIPTION.into(),
             vendor: "HYPERI PTY LIMITED".into(),
             label_namespace: "io.hyperi".into(),
             licenses: "BUSL-1.1".into(),
             copyright: "(c) 2026 HYPERI PTY LIMITED".into(),
-            ..Default::default()
         },
         // Reflectable config (scalo-rs#6): derived JSON Schema of the wrapper
         // Config + a minimal catalog. This wrapper is the Vector-owns-routing
@@ -354,6 +359,16 @@ pub fn emit_dockerfile() -> String {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
+    /// The OCI title and description feed the image labels and the registry
+    /// package page, and scalo leaves both empty unless the app sets them.
+    #[test]
+    fn test_oci_title_and_description_are_set() {
+        let c = contract();
+        assert_eq!(c.oci_labels.title, c.app_name);
+        assert_eq!(c.oci_labels.description, c.description);
+        assert_ne!(c.oci_labels.description, "");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_contract_carries_reflectable_config() {
         let c = contract();