diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b4766a0..3c79089 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
 	"name": "@cldmv/uuid",
-	"version": "1.1.6",
+	"version": "1.1.7",
 	"lockfileVersion": 3,
 	"requires": true,
 	"packages": {
 		"": {
 			"name": "@cldmv/uuid",
-			"version": "1.1.6",
+			"version": "1.1.7",
 			"license": "Apache-2.0",
 			"devDependencies": {
 				"@cldmv/fix-headers": "^1.2.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1ac1c4a..7665aae 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@cldmv/uuid",
-	"version": "1.1.6",
+	"version": "1.1.7",
 	"description": "Extended RFC 4122 and RFC 9562 UUID implementation with custom variant structures, issuer-based identification, and timestamp variants",
 	"main": "./index.cjs",
 	"module": "./index.mjs",
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 				"import": "./src/uuid.mjs"
 			},
 			"import": "./dist/uuid.mjs"
-		}
+		},
+		"./package.json": "./package.json"
 	},
 	"type": "module",
 	"engines": {
diff --git a/tests/package-exports.test.vitest.mjs b/tests/package-exports.test.vitest.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a4a0f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/package-exports.test.vitest.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/**
+ *	@Project: @cldmv/uuid
+ *	@Filename: /tests/package-exports.test.vitest.mjs
+ *	@Date: 2026-08-09T00:00:00-08:00 (1786233600)
+ *	@Author: Nate Corcoran <CLDMV>
+ *	@Email: <Shinrai@users.noreply.github.com>
+ *	-----
+ *	@Last modified by: Nate Corcoran <CLDMV> (Shinrai@users.noreply.github.com)
+ *	@Last modified time: 2026-08-09T00:00:00-08:00 (1786233600)
+ *	-----
+ *	@Copyright: Copyright (c) 2013-2026 Catalyzed Motivation Inc. All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+import { test, expect, describe } from "vitest";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+
+const repoRoot = path.resolve(path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "..");
+
+describe("package exports", () => {
+	test("the exports map exposes ./package.json", () => {
+		// Tooling resolves `<pkg>/package.json` to locate a package's directory on disk;
+		// omitting it from `exports` makes that throw ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED. (#6)
+		const pkg = JSON.parse(readFileSync(path.join(repoRoot, "package.json"), "utf8"));
+		expect(pkg.exports["./package.json"]).toBe("./package.json");
+	});
+
+	test("Node can resolve @cldmv/uuid/package.json through the exports map", () => {
+		// Real Node resolution (self-referencing the package by name from the repo root),
+		// not Vitest's resolver — before the fix this exits non-zero with
+		// ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED.
+		const res = spawnSync(process.execPath, ["--input-type=module", "-e", "import.meta.resolve('@cldmv/uuid/package.json');"], {
+			cwd: repoRoot,
+			encoding: "utf8"
+		});
+		expect(res.status).toBe(0);
+	});
+});