diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dda074a..e617d08 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "mcqemu"
-version = "2026.08.17"
+version = "2026.08.18"
 description = "MCP server for managing QEMU virtual machines"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ exclude = [
     ".env",
     ".mcp.json",
     "tests/",
+    # The docs site is a whole Astro project with its own node_modules; without
+    # this the sdist went from ~30 files to 7,178 and from kilobytes to 71 MB.
+    "docs-site/",
+    ".venv/",
     ".pytest_cache/",
     ".ruff_cache/",
     "dist/",
diff --git a/src/mcqemu/__init__.py b/src/mcqemu/__init__.py
index 424775f..00de8cc 100644
--- a/src/mcqemu/__init__.py
+++ b/src/mcqemu/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """mcqemu — MCP server for managing QEMU virtual machines."""
 
-__version__ = "2026.08.17"
+__version__ = "2026.08.18"
diff --git a/tests/test_acceptance.py b/tests/test_acceptance.py
index 30780d9..e87f97f 100644
--- a/tests/test_acceptance.py
+++ b/tests/test_acceptance.py
@@ -69,9 +69,10 @@ async def test_image_toolchain(dirs, tmp_path):
         assert len(chain) == 2, "overlay must report its backing file"
 
         result_data(await client.call_tool("image_resize", {"path": str(base), "size": "128M"}))
-        assert result_data(await client.call_tool("image_info", {"path": str(base)}))[
-            "virtual-size"
-        ] == 128 * 1024**2
+        assert (
+            result_data(await client.call_tool("image_info", {"path": str(base)}))["virtual-size"]
+            == 128 * 1024**2
+        )
 
         converted = result_data(
             await client.call_tool(
@@ -204,9 +205,7 @@ async def test_sandbox_guest_and_snapshot_journey(dirs):
 
     async with Client(mcp) as client:
         sandbox = result_data(
-            await client.call_tool(
-                "sandbox_vm", {"base_image": str(BASE_IMAGE), "memory_mb": 2048}
-            )
+            await client.call_tool("sandbox_vm", {"base_image": str(BASE_IMAGE), "memory_mb": 2048})
         )
         assert sandbox["guest_agent"] == "responding", sandbox
         assert sandbox["network"] == "outbound blocked"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index bdafce1..ea6a011 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mcqemu"
-version = "2026.8.17"
+version = "2026.8.18"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "fastmcp" },