diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6e5c774..13f16c7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.26.1] - 2026-10-21
+
+### Fixed
+- Installed wget in the decoder image so the compose healthcheck can probe /live.
+
 ## [0.26.0] - 2026-10-20
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b31d29e..d081926 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ RUN npm ci --omit=dev
 
 FROM node:22-bookworm-slim@sha256:c3de60bf2f9dd0ac6370e6117950ff62d6e339527e7472301c9c78a017978392 AS decoder
 WORKDIR /XChainDecoder
+# wget is not in node:22-bookworm-slim. The compose healthcheck (owned by
+# xchain-node) probes GET /live with wget, so without it every decoder reads
+# unhealthy while /live answers 200 healthy.
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends wget \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 COPY ./package.json /XChainDecoder/package.json
 COPY ./package-lock.json /XChainDecoder/package-lock.json
 COPY --from=dependencies /XChainDecoder/node_modules /XChainDecoder/node_modules
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 51de7f0..e813b36 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "xchain-decoder",
-  "version": "0.26.0",
+  "version": "0.26.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "xchain-decoder",
-      "version": "0.26.0",
+      "version": "0.26.1",
       "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
       "dependencies": {
         "axios": "^1.18.1",
@@ -3256,9 +3256,9 @@
       "license": "ISC"
     },
     "node_modules/follow-redirects": {
-      "version": "1.16.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.16.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-y5rN/uOsadFT/JfYwhxRS5R7Qce+g3zG97+JrtFZlC9klX/W5hD7iiLzScI4nZqUS7DNUdhPgw4xI8W2LuXlUw==",
+      "version": "1.16.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.16.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-FNvFGzoMLWmE6Yj9spb/zjd7yiNCHiAW9/Tg9CXrQ8wuu32HtlJOwWO11OJafl5FfY3DxTdQ0vj42zU1kvv5jg==",
       "funding": [
         {
           "type": "individual",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3c311d8..e9aa2d6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "xchain-decoder",
   "description": "xchain-decoder decodes XChain platform transactions from a given blockchain and populates a database with the decoded data.",
-  "version": "0.26.0",
+  "version": "0.26.1",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/test/unit/sql_no_timestamp_columns.test.js b/test/unit/sql_no_timestamp_columns.test.js
index 3c09351..aac845e 100644
--- a/test/unit/sql_no_timestamp_columns.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/sql_no_timestamp_columns.test.js
@@ -17,12 +17,23 @@ const Database = require('../../src/db.js');
 const ROOT_DIR = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..');
 const SQL_DIR = path.join(ROOT_DIR, 'src', 'sql');
 const MIGRATION_STATEMENTS = path.join(ROOT_DIR, 'src', 'db', 'migration_statements.js');
+const MIGRATION_LEDGER = path.join(ROOT_DIR, 'src', 'db', 'migration_ledger.js');
 const FIRST_SEEN_MIGRATION = path.join(
     SQL_DIR,
     'migrations',
     '2026-09-27-mempool-first-seen-datetime.sql'
 );
 
+function assertLedgerAlterDeclaresDatetime(source){
+    const code = source
+        .replace(/\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//g, '')
+        .replace(/^\s*\/\/.*$/gm, '');
+    const alter = code.match(/ALTER\s+TABLE\s+schema_migrations\s+MODIFY\s+applied_at\s+([A-Za-z]+)/i);
+
+    assert.ok(alter, 'missing ALTER TABLE schema_migrations MODIFY applied_at');
+    assert.strictEqual(alter[1].toUpperCase(), 'DATETIME', `applied_at ALTER declares ${alter[1]}`);
+}
+
 describe('SQL DATETIME completeness', function () {
     it('declares no TIMESTAMP columns in top-level SQL definitions', function () {
         const offenders = [];
@@ -75,3 +86,15 @@ describe('SQL DATETIME completeness', function () {
         assert.strictEqual(db.connectionParams.timezone, 'Z');
     });
 });
+
+describe('migration ledger applied_at ALTER', function () {
+    it('declares the migration_ledger.js applied_at ALTER as DATETIME', function () {
+        assertLedgerAlterDeclaresDatetime(fs.readFileSync(MIGRATION_LEDGER, 'utf8'));
+    });
+
+    it('rejects a migration_ledger.js applied_at ALTER declared as TIMESTAMP', function () {
+        const fixture = "await conn.query('ALTER TABLE schema_migrations MODIFY applied_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL');";
+
+        assert.throws(() => assertLedgerAlterDeclaresDatetime(fixture), /TIMESTAMP/);
+    });
+});