diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index e4fd7ac..339a6c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -157,17 +157,25 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
+      # The archive of the tagged version, looked up by that version. The page of
+      # a package names its `latest`, and that can still be the previous version
+      # for minutes after an upload: on 1.0.0 it was for two of the four packages
+      # when the record job read it. Read here, it would attest the archive that
+      # was already attested and leave the new one without.
       - name: Collect the published archives
         run: |
+          VERSION="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}"
           : > checksums.txt
           for pubspec in packages/*/pubspec.yaml; do
             grep -q '^publish_to: none' "$pubspec" && continue
             pkg=$(basename "$(dirname "$pubspec")")
-            curl -sf "https://pub.dev/api/packages/$pkg" > meta.json || {
-              echo "::error::pub.dev did not answer for $pkg"; exit 1; }
-            sha=$(jq -re '.latest.archive_sha256' meta.json)
-            ver=$(jq -re '.latest.version' meta.json)
-            echo "$sha  $pkg-$ver.tar.gz" >> checksums.txt
+            for _ in $(seq 1 40); do
+              curl -sf "https://pub.dev/api/packages/$pkg/versions/$VERSION" > meta.json && break
+              sleep 15
+            done
+            sha=$(jq -re '.archive_sha256' meta.json) || {
+              echo "::error::pub.dev has no $pkg $VERSION"; exit 1; }
+            echo "$sha  $pkg-$VERSION.tar.gz" >> checksums.txt
           done
           [ -s checksums.txt ] || { echo "::error::no publishable package found"; exit 1; }
           cat checksums.txt
@@ -200,18 +208,25 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
+      # The archive of the tagged version, looked up by that version, because the
+      # `latest` of a package can still be the previous one for minutes after an
+      # upload and the record would then name an archive that already has one.
       - name: Record the published archives
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACT_METADATA_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
+          VERSION="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}"
           for pubspec in packages/*/pubspec.yaml; do
             grep -q '^publish_to: none' "$pubspec" && continue
             pkg=$(basename "$(dirname "$pubspec")")
-            curl -sf "https://pub.dev/api/packages/$pkg" > meta.json || {
-              echo "::warning::pub.dev did not answer for $pkg"; continue; }
-            sha=$(jq -re '.latest.archive_sha256' meta.json)
-            url=$(jq -re '.latest.archive_url' meta.json)
-            ver=$(jq -re '.latest.version' meta.json)
+            for _ in $(seq 1 40); do
+              curl -sf "https://pub.dev/api/packages/$pkg/versions/$VERSION" > meta.json && break
+              sleep 15
+            done
+            sha=$(jq -re '.archive_sha256' meta.json) || {
+              echo "::warning::pub.dev has no $pkg $VERSION"; continue; }
+            url=$(jq -re '.archive_url' meta.json)
+            ver="$VERSION"
             if gh api "/orgs/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER}/artifacts/sha256:$sha/metadata/storage-records" \
                  --silent 2>/dev/null; then
               echo "already recorded: $pkg $ver"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4e938e6..7c5ec45 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ board can be cross-checked against what actually shipped.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Internal
+
+- The release workflow looks up the archive of each package by the version of the tag, for the attestation and for the record on the Packages panel. It used the latest version that pub.dev lists, which can still be the previous one for minutes after an upload, and on 1.0.0 it was for two of the four packages when the record job read it
+
 ## [1.0.0] - 2026-10-24
 
 ### Added