diff --git a/packages/harness-kit/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/harness-kit/CHANGELOG.md
index 879d5d4e..3bb291fe 100644
--- a/packages/harness-kit/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/harness-kit/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.5.5] - 2026-05-02
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Publish harness-kit with a compatible workload-router dependency range so npm can resolve the released packages together.
+
 ### Added
 
 - Add a `useRunnablePersona` / `useRunnableSelection` bridge that launches the selected harness non-interactively and returns captured execution results.
@@ -15,7 +21,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Dependencies
 
-- Sync package versions to 0.5.3
+- Sync package versions to 0.5.4
 
 ## [0.2.1] - 2026-04-29
 
diff --git a/packages/harness-kit/package.json b/packages/harness-kit/package.json
index 8963c419..003b2682 100644
--- a/packages/harness-kit/package.json
+++ b/packages/harness-kit/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@agentworkforce/harness-kit",
-  "version": "0.5.4",
+  "version": "0.5.5",
   "private": false,
   "type": "module",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "package.json"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "@agentworkforce/workload-router": "workspace:*"
+    "@agentworkforce/workload-router": "workspace:^"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/workload-router/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/workload-router/CHANGELOG.md
index 89fc0ca7..28ebc3de 100644
--- a/packages/workload-router/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/workload-router/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Dependencies
 
-- Sync package versions to 0.5.3
+- Sync package versions to 0.5.4
 
 ## [0.5.1] - 2026-04-30
 
@@ -30,4 +30,3 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Released
 
 - v0.4.1
-
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 6aacb2bc..f6dffbeb 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ importers:
   packages/harness-kit:
     dependencies:
       '@agentworkforce/workload-router':
-        specifier: workspace:*
+        specifier: workspace:^
         version: link:../workload-router
 
   packages/workload-router: {}