diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 # Revision history for kiroku-metrics
 
+## 0.1.0.3 -- 2026-08-09
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Corrected the `kiroku_events_appended_total` Prometheus HELP text: the value
+  is the current opaque global position and is not guaranteed to be dense.
+
+### Other Changes
+
+* Requires `kiroku-store ^>=0.4`, whose exported `Store` effect now supports
+  durable subscription checkpoint inventory reads. No `kiroku-metrics` API
+  changed.
+* Added a PVP upper bound to the shipped example's internal
+  `kiroku-test-support` dependency. Version 0.1.0.2 was tagged but not
+  published after `cabal check` found the missing bound.
+
 ## 0.1.0.1 -- 2026-07-11
 
 ### Other Changes
diff --git a/kiroku-metrics.cabal b/kiroku-metrics.cabal
--- a/kiroku-metrics.cabal
+++ b/kiroku-metrics.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:   3.0
 name:            kiroku-metrics
-version:         0.1.0.1
+version:         0.1.0.3
 synopsis:
   Metrics, health, and event-streaming HTTP endpoints for Kiroku
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     , hasql-pool      >=1.2  && <1.5
     , http-types      >=0.12 && <0.13
     , kiroku-cli      ^>=0.2
-    , kiroku-store    ^>=0.3
+    , kiroku-store    ^>=0.4
     , stm             >=2.5  && <2.6
     , text            >=2.0  && <2.2
     , time            >=1.12 && <1.15
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@
     , http-client          >=0.7  && <0.8
     , http-types           >=0.12 && <0.13
     , kiroku-metrics
-    , kiroku-store         ^>=0.3
-    , kiroku-test-support
+    , kiroku-store         ^>=0.4
+    , kiroku-test-support  ^>=0.1
     , lens                 >=5.2  && <5.4
     , scientific           >=0.3  && <0.4
     , stm                  >=2.5  && <2.6
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
     , http-types           >=0.12 && <0.13
     , kiroku-cli           ^>=0.2
     , kiroku-metrics
-    , kiroku-store         ^>=0.3
+    , kiroku-store         ^>=0.4
     , kiroku-test-support
     , lens                 >=5.2  && <5.4
     , scientific           >=0.3  && <0.4
diff --git a/src/Kiroku/Metrics/Prometheus.hs b/src/Kiroku/Metrics/Prometheus.hs
--- a/src/Kiroku/Metrics/Prometheus.hs
+++ b/src/Kiroku/Metrics/Prometheus.hs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 storeSection :: StoreGauges -> B.Builder
 storeSection g =
     mconcat
-        [ metric "kiroku_events_appended_total" "counter" "Total events appended store-wide (gap-free global position)." (g.globalPosition)
+        [ metric "kiroku_events_appended_total" "counter" "Current store global position (opaque; not guaranteed dense)." (g.globalPosition)
         , metricI "kiroku_active_subscribers" "gauge" "Currently registered subscribers." g.activeSubscribers
         , help "kiroku_pool_connections" "Pool connections by state."
         , typ "kiroku_pool_connections" "gauge"