diff --git a/plugins/openclaw/CHANGELOG.md b/plugins/openclaw/CHANGELOG.md
index feb55be8de..cf61ceafb4 100644
--- a/plugins/openclaw/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/plugins/openclaw/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.2.1]
+
+Release Date: 2026-08-21
+
+📦 **NPM:** https://www.npmjs.com/package/@qvac/openclaw-plugin/v/0.2.1
+
+## Switching Models No Longer Fails
+
+The plugin's own code is unchanged, but moving to `@qvac/cli@^0.12.0` fixes a user-visible problem in how it runs.
+
+The launcher writes every model in the QVAC catalog into the serve config, and marks only your selected model `preload: true`. On the CLI 0.11 line a `preload: false` model was registered but never loaded, so picking any other model in OpenClaw returned `503 model_not_ready` — permanently, until you changed the configured model and restarted. CLI 0.12 loads such a model on first request instead, so every model in the picker now works; the first turn after switching waits for a cold load, and later turns are fast.
+
+## Runs Against the CLI 0.12 Line
+
+The bundled `local-service.js` launcher now starts a `qvac serve` on the `@qvac/sdk` 0.18.x runtime, which also brings the serve model catalog endpoint.
+
+Configuration and onboarding are unchanged — no re-onboarding is needed for this release. Installs that pin `@qvac/cli` to `0.11.x` will need to move to `0.12.x` alongside the plugin, since a 0.x caret range does not cross a minor.
+
 ## [0.2.0]
 
 📦 **NPM:** https://www.npmjs.com/package/@qvac/openclaw-plugin/v/0.2.0
diff --git a/plugins/openclaw/changelog/0.2.1/CHANGELOG.md b/plugins/openclaw/changelog/0.2.1/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6545990561
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/openclaw/changelog/0.2.1/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Changelog v0.2.1
+
+Release Date: 2026-08-21
+
+## 🐞 Fixes
+
+- Require the `@qvac/cli` `0.12.x` line, so the bundled launcher starts a `qvac serve` on the `@qvac/sdk` 0.18.x runtime.
+- Selecting a model other than the configured one no longer fails with `503 model_not_ready`. The launcher writes every catalog model into the serve config with `preload: false` except the selected one, and CLI 0.12 lazy-loads those on first request instead of leaving them permanently unloaded.
diff --git a/plugins/openclaw/changelog/0.2.1/CHANGELOG_LLM.md b/plugins/openclaw/changelog/0.2.1/CHANGELOG_LLM.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8f2558f31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/openclaw/changelog/0.2.1/CHANGELOG_LLM.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# QVAC OpenClaw Plugin v0.2.1 Release Notes
+
+Release Date: 2026-08-21
+
+📦 **NPM:** https://www.npmjs.com/package/@qvac/openclaw-plugin/v/0.2.1
+
+## Switching Models No Longer Fails
+
+The plugin's own code is unchanged, but moving to `@qvac/cli@^0.12.0` fixes a user-visible problem in how it runs.
+
+The launcher writes every model in the QVAC catalog into the serve config, and marks only your selected model `preload: true`. On the CLI 0.11 line a `preload: false` model was registered but never loaded, so picking any other model in OpenClaw returned `503 model_not_ready` — permanently, until you changed the configured model and restarted. CLI 0.12 loads such a model on first request instead, so every model in the picker now works; the first turn after switching waits for a cold load, and later turns are fast.
+
+## Runs Against the CLI 0.12 Line
+
+The bundled `local-service.js` launcher now starts a `qvac serve` on the `@qvac/sdk` 0.18.x runtime, which also brings the serve model catalog endpoint.
+
+Configuration and onboarding are unchanged — no re-onboarding is needed for this release. Installs that pin `@qvac/cli` to `0.11.x` will need to move to `0.12.x` alongside the plugin, since a 0.x caret range does not cross a minor.
diff --git a/plugins/openclaw/openclaw.plugin.json b/plugins/openclaw/openclaw.plugin.json
index c22f9d3469..51c041b08e 100644
--- a/plugins/openclaw/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/openclaw/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "id": "qvac",
   "name": "QVAC",
   "description": "Local QVAC provider for OpenClaw",
-  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "version": "0.2.1",
   "providers": ["qvac"],
   "modelSupport": {
     "modelPrefixes": ["qwen3.5-", "qwen3.6-", "gpt-oss-", "gemma4-"]
diff --git a/plugins/openclaw/package.json b/plugins/openclaw/package.json
index 55a5aa8ca2..8b198826d8 100644
--- a/plugins/openclaw/package.json
+++ b/plugins/openclaw/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@qvac/openclaw-plugin",
-  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "version": "0.2.1",
   "description": "OpenClaw provider plugin that runs a local QVAC serve through OpenClaw localService",
   "author": "Tether",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@qvac/ai-sdk-provider": "^0.6.0",
-    "@qvac/cli": "^0.11.0"
+    "@qvac/cli": "^0.12.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/node": "^24.2.1",