diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md
index e7fdccf..60d873b 100644
--- a/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/ROADMAP.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ every tool. This is where that brain is headed.
 Direction, not promises — shaped by the two field reports this project is grounded in
 (the SDLC pain-point map and the ecosystem landscape). Open a Discussion to weigh in.
 
-## Now (`master`, v0.12.1)
+## Now (`master`, v0.12.2)
 
 The substrate is fully graded — decision math replaces every keyword heuristic: exemplar k-NN
 routing, entropy secret detection, noisy-OR goal-drift over paths **and** the identifiers a file
diff --git a/scripts/bump.mjs b/scripts/bump.mjs
index 626e85d..0e5e4e7 100644
--- a/scripts/bump.mjs
+++ b/scripts/bump.mjs
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
  *   package.json, package-lock.json (root "version" + packages[""].version),
  *   .claude-plugin/plugin.json, .codex-plugin/plugin.json,
  *   CITATION.cff (version + date-released), landing/index.html (display string),
+ *   ROADMAP.md ("## Now" marker version, so `forge docs check`'s roadmap-freshness
+ *   guard never trails a release this same script just cut),
  *   CHANGELOG.md ([Unreleased] rotated under "## [X.Y.Z] - <date>" + compare links).
  *
  * Prints ONLY the new version on stdout (diagnostics go to stderr) so callers can
@@ -239,6 +241,18 @@ export function rotateChangelog(changelog, newVersion, prevVersion, date) {
   return out;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Rewrites the version in ROADMAP.md's "## Now" marker (e.g. "## Now (`master`, v0.12.0)")
+ * to `newVersion`. Only that line is touched — other version mentions elsewhere in the
+ * document (e.g. "Shipped — Substrate v2 ... v0.5.0") are left alone. No-op (returns
+ * `roadmap` unchanged) if there's no "## Now" heading to update.
+ */
+export function bumpRoadmapNow(roadmap, newVersion) {
+  return roadmap.replace(/^(##\s+Now\b[^\n]*)$/m, (line) =>
+    line.replace(/v\d+\.\d+(?:\.\d+)?/, `v${newVersion}`),
+  );
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // File mutation
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -326,6 +340,13 @@ export function applyBump(root, currentVersion, newVersion, date) {
     write(landingRel, landing.replace(/forgekit v\d+\.\d+\.\d+/g, `forgekit v${newVersion}`));
   }
 
+  const roadmapRel = "ROADMAP.md";
+  const roadmap = readIfExists(path.join(root, roadmapRel));
+  if (roadmap !== null) {
+    const updated = bumpRoadmapNow(roadmap, newVersion);
+    if (updated !== roadmap) write(roadmapRel, updated);
+  }
+
   const clRel = "CHANGELOG.md";
   const changelog = readIfExists(path.join(root, clRel));
   if (changelog !== null) {
diff --git a/test/bump.test.js b/test/bump.test.js
index 3333ae8..76e0170 100644
--- a/test/bump.test.js
+++ b/test/bump.test.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import path from "node:path";
 import { test } from "node:test";
 import {
   applyBump,
+  bumpRoadmapNow,
   changelogBody,
   collectVersions,
   computeNext,
@@ -192,6 +193,26 @@ test("setUnreleasedBody fills an empty [Unreleased] and rotateChangelog then acc
   assert.match(rotated, /## \[0\.5\.0\] - 2026-07-11\n\n### Added\n\n- a new thing/);
 });
 
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// ROADMAP "Now" marker
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+test("bumpRoadmapNow updates only the Now marker's version", () => {
+  const roadmap =
+    "# Roadmap\n\n## Now (`master`, v0.12.0)\n\nSome text.\n\n" +
+    "## Shipped — Substrate v2 (v0.5.0)\n\nOlder text mentioning v0.5.0 again.\n";
+  const out = bumpRoadmapNow(roadmap, "0.12.1");
+  assert.match(out, /## Now \(`master`, v0\.12\.1\)/);
+  // untouched: version mentions outside the "## Now" line survive verbatim
+  assert.match(out, /## Shipped — Substrate v2 \(v0\.5\.0\)/);
+  assert.match(out, /Older text mentioning v0\.5\.0 again\./);
+});
+
+test("bumpRoadmapNow is a no-op when there's no Now heading", () => {
+  const roadmap = "# Roadmap\n\nNo heading here.\n";
+  assert.equal(bumpRoadmapNow(roadmap, "1.0.0"), roadmap);
+});
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // CHANGELOG rotation
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -280,6 +301,7 @@ function makeFixture() {
   w(".codex-plugin/plugin.json", '{\n  "name": "fixture",\n  "version": "0.4.0"\n}\n');
   w("CITATION.cff", 'cff-version: 1.2.0\nversion: 0.4.0\ndate-released: "2026-07-06"\n');
   w("landing/index.html", '<div class="mono">forgekit v0.4.0 · MIT</div>\n');
+  w("ROADMAP.md", "# Roadmap\n\n## Now (`master`, v0.4.0)\n\nSome text.\n");
   w("CHANGELOG.md", CHANGELOG);
   return dir;
 }
@@ -295,6 +317,7 @@ test("applyBump updates every version field in a fixture tree", () => {
         ".codex-plugin/plugin.json",
         "CHANGELOG.md",
         "CITATION.cff",
+        "ROADMAP.md",
         "landing/index.html",
         "package-lock.json",
         "package.json",
@@ -311,6 +334,7 @@ test("applyBump updates every version field in a fixture tree", () => {
     assert.match(read("CITATION.cff"), /^version: 0\.5\.0$/m);
     assert.match(read("CITATION.cff"), /^date-released: "2026-07-07"$/m);
     assert.match(read("landing/index.html"), /forgekit v0\.5\.0/);
+    assert.match(read("ROADMAP.md"), /## Now \(`master`, v0\.5\.0\)/);
     assert.match(read("CHANGELOG.md"), /## \[0\.5\.0\] - 2026-07-07/);
   } finally {
     fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });