diff --git a/installer.iss b/installer.iss
index 0b36666..b01616d 100644
--- a/installer.iss
+++ b/installer.iss
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 
 [Setup]
 AppName=AUTARCH
-AppVersion=1.3
-AppVerName=AUTARCH 1.3
+AppVersion=1.5
+AppVerName=AUTARCH 1.5
 AppPublisher=darkHal Security Group
 AppPublisherURL=https://github.com/darkhal
 AppSupportURL=https://github.com/darkhal
@@ -43,9 +43,8 @@ Name: "desktopicon"; Description: "Create a Desktop shortcut"; GroupDescription:
 Name: "startupicon"; Description: "Launch Web Dashboard on Windows startup"; GroupDescription: "Additional shortcuts:"; Flags: unchecked
 
 [Files]
-; GGUF model — store uncompressed (3.9GB, barely compressible, avoids OOM)
-Source: "dist\autarch\_internal\models\Hal_v2.gguf"; DestDir: "{app}\_internal\models"; Flags: ignoreversion nocompression
-; Everything else from PyInstaller output (compressed with lzma2)
+; Everything from PyInstaller output (compressed with lzma2)
+; NOTE: GGUF model excluded — download separately from release page
 Source: "dist\autarch\*"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion recursesubdirs createallsubdirs; Excludes: "_internal\models\Hal_v2.gguf"
 
 [Icons]
diff --git a/installer.nsi b/installer.nsi
index 106298e..0113019 100644
--- a/installer.nsi
+++ b/installer.nsi
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 ; ── App metadata ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 !define APPNAME      "AUTARCH"
-!define APPVERSION   "1.3"
+!define APPVERSION   "1.5"
 !define PUBLISHER    "darkHal Security Group"
 !define DESCRIPTION  "Autonomous Tactical Agent for Reconnaissance, Counterintelligence, and Hacking"
 
diff --git a/setup_msi.py b/setup_msi.py
index c32b0a4..83e0fab 100644
--- a/setup_msi.py
+++ b/setup_msi.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ bdist_msi_options = {
 
 setup(
     name='AUTARCH',
-    version='1.0.0',
+    version='1.5.0',
     description='AUTARCH — Autonomous Tactical Agent for Reconnaissance, Counterintelligence, and Hacking',
     author='darkHal Security Group & Setec Security Labs',
     options={