diff --git a/shopdb/__init__.py b/shopdb/__init__.py
index 60efdc22..01a3bac5 100644
--- a/shopdb/__init__.py
+++ b/shopdb/__init__.py
@@ -93,7 +93,12 @@ from .plugins import plugin_manager
 # as a heading - "Endpoints with crashes or shutdowns" - which as a row badge
 # ran wider than the hostname it qualified. Optional, defaults to the title, so
 # a plugin that does not declare one is unaffected. Additive field, minor bump.
-__contract_version__ = '0.26.0'
+# 0.27.0: added Script to shopdb.api so a plugin can read the ShopDB-hosted
+# script library that backs endpoint run_script delivery without importing core
+# model internals. The endpoints plugin resolves a delivered script by name and
+# serves its body by digest to the agent. Additive name on the surface, minor
+# bump.
+__contract_version__ = '0.27.0'
 
 # Product release version (see ADR-007). The product version and the
 # plugin-contract version above are distinct series with independent