diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index 0c75e0d..74f3c4d 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
             -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained true \
             /p:Version=$VERSION -o out/worker
 
-      - name: Publish ClaudeDo.Installer (win-x64, single-file)
+      - name: Publish ClaudeDo.Installer (win-x64, single-file, framework-dependent)
         env:
           WORK:    ${{ steps.ws.outputs.dir }}
           VERSION: ${{ steps.ver.outputs.version }}
@@ -75,8 +75,11 @@ jobs:
           set -euo pipefail
           export PATH="$DOTNET_ROOT:$PATH"
           cd "$WORK/src"
+          # Framework-dependent — WPF runtime pack isn't distributed on Linux SDK;
+          # the previous self-contained bundle crashed at startup (apphost AV).
+          # Target machines need .NET 8 Desktop Runtime (x64).
           dotnet publish src/ClaudeDo.Installer/ClaudeDo.Installer.csproj \
-            -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained true \
+            -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained false \
             /p:Version=$VERSION /p:PublishSingleFile=true \
             -o out/installer
 
diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Installer/ClaudeDo.Installer.csproj b/src/ClaudeDo.Installer/ClaudeDo.Installer.csproj
index e6be71e..4b968d5 100644
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Installer/ClaudeDo.Installer.csproj
+++ b/src/ClaudeDo.Installer/ClaudeDo.Installer.csproj
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(PublishSingleFile)' == 'true'">
-    <SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
+    <!-- Framework-dependent: the WPF runtime pack isn't distributed for cross-compile
+         on Linux CI, which made self-contained bundles crash on startup with AV in the
+         apphost. Target machines already have the .NET 8 Desktop Runtime. -->
+    <SelfContained>false</SelfContained>
     <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="'$(RuntimeIdentifier)' == ''">win-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
     <PublishTrimmed>false</PublishTrimmed>
     <IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract>true</IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract>
     <IncludeAllContentForSelfExtract>true</IncludeAllContentForSelfExtract>
-    <!-- Compression disabled: WPF + single-file + compression triggers AV in the
-         bundle extractor (0xc0000005 / COR_E_EXECUTIONENGINE) on some machines.
-         Trade ~30% exe size for reliable startup. -->
     <EnableCompressionInSingleFile>false</EnableCompressionInSingleFile>
   </PropertyGroup>