diff --git a/cmd/wallet/main.go b/cmd/wallet/main.go
index f2314d3..2fa33ca 100644
--- a/cmd/wallet/main.go
+++ b/cmd/wallet/main.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const shutdownGrace = 5 * time.Second
 // Version is the wallet binary's release tag. Kept in sync with the
 // app_version field in manifest.json — `manifest_test.go` cross-checks
 // they agree, so a release without bumping both fails CI.
-const Version = "0.4.0"
+const Version = "0.4.1"
 
 func main() {
 	ctx, cancel := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index 301099d..ba2aa6e 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "id": "io.pilot.wallet",
-  "app_version": "0.4.0",
+  "app_version": "0.4.1",
   "manifest_version": 2,
   "binary": {
     "runtime": "go",
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
     {"cap": "fs.read",  "target": "$HOME/.pilot/apps/io.pilot.wallet.previous/*"},
     {"cap": "fs.read",  "target": "$PILOT_APPSTORE_BACKUP_ROOT/io.pilot.wallet/*/*"},
     {"cap": "audit.log","target": "*"},
+    {"cap": "identity.verify", "target": "*"},
     {"cap": "net.dial", "target": "*.pilot",
      "if": {"kind": "rate", "params": {"per": "min", "limit": 100}}},
     {"cap": "net.dial", "target": "*.base.org",
diff --git a/manifest_test.go b/manifest_test.go
index 4b1250a..132176a 100644
--- a/manifest_test.go
+++ b/manifest_test.go
@@ -151,6 +151,34 @@ func TestManifestDeclaresEIP3009Grant(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// capsKnownToStateDeletingPilotctl is app-store v1.0.2's KnownCaps: the
+// manifest validator in pilotctl v1.13.0-v1.13.9, whose `appstore upgrade`
+// (run hourly by the updater as `upgrade --all`) deletes the app's dir, and
+// with it identity-evm.json, before the new version ever runs. pilotctl
+// v1.13.10 (app-store v1.0.3) carries the state forward and added
+// identity.verify.
+var capsKnownToStateDeletingPilotctl = map[string]bool{
+	"fs.read": true, "fs.write": true, "fs.append": true, "fs.delete": true,
+	"net.dial": true, "net.call": true, "ipc.call": true, "key.sign": true,
+	"audit.log": true, "proc.exec": true,
+}
+
+// TestManifestRefusedByPilotctlThatDeletesState: the manifest must declare a
+// capability those pilotctl versions do not know, so their upgrade fails
+// validation before it touches the install and the existing key stays on disk.
+// The wallet does not use identity.verify; it is there for this. Drop it only
+// once no node runs pilotctl v1.13.0-v1.13.9.
+func TestManifestRefusedByPilotctlThatDeletesState(t *testing.T) {
+	raw, _ := os.ReadFile(manifestPath(t))
+	m, _ := manifest.Parse(raw)
+	for _, g := range m.Grants {
+		if !capsKnownToStateDeletingPilotctl[g.Cap] {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	t.Error("every grant's cap is known to pilotctl v1.13.0-v1.13.9: their upgrade would install this version and delete the wallet's key; keep the identity.verify grant")
+}
+
 // TestShippedManifestSpendCapsParse round-trips the real wallet
 // manifest through ParseSpendCapsFromManifest and asserts both
 // declared caps come through. Without this, a manifest edit that