diff --git a/src/ingestion/connectors/git/github-directory/descriptor.yaml b/src/ingestion/connectors/git/github-directory/descriptor.yaml
index b44449251..c2fecd29d 100644
--- a/src/ingestion/connectors/git/github-directory/descriptor.yaml
+++ b/src/ingestion/connectors/git/github-directory/descriptor.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@
 
 name: github-directory
 # Strict semver per ADR-0015.
-version: "1.0.0"
+#
+# 1.0.1 — the manifest stopped storing absent profile fields as the text
+# "None" (#2393). The bump is what makes that reach Airbyte at all: reconcile
+# republishes a nocode manifest only on descriptor-version drift, so the
+# previous manifest-only change was live in the repo and inert on every
+# cluster.
+version: "1.0.1"
 # `nocode` = declarative-manifest connector (connector.yaml published to the
 # Airbyte builder), as opposed to `cdk`. MUST be `nocode`/absent for
 # declarative connectors: reconcile only branches on `nocode` vs `cdk` — any