diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index c767f0f..5bb0417 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ authors:
     email: jaehoon.seo@inha.ac.kr
     affiliation: "Marine Structural Mechanics and Integrity Lab (SMI Lab), Inha University"
     orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1047-2119" 
-version: 1.10.0
-date-released: "2026-05-22"
+version: 1.14.1
+date-released: "2026-05-23"
 license: Apache-2.0
 repository-code: "https://github.com/SMI-Lab-Inha/pyBModes"
 url: "https://github.com/SMI-Lab-Inha/pyBModes"
diff --git a/docs/release_checklist.rst b/docs/release_checklist.rst
index a0c5f91..78245f4 100644
--- a/docs/release_checklist.rst
+++ b/docs/release_checklist.rst
@@ -191,13 +191,17 @@ should be obvious from the per-case error message.
   tag's value.
 - ``src/pybmodes/__init__.py``: bump the dev fallback string
   ``__version__ = "X.Y.Z-dev"``.
+- ``CITATION.cff``: bump the software ``version:`` to ``X.Y.Z`` and
+  ``date-released:`` to the release date (this is the ``version:``
+  field, not the ``cff-version:`` schema field). ``tests/test_version.py``
+  gates this against ``pyproject`` so a forgotten bump fails CI.
 - ``CHANGELOG.md``: promote the ``## [Unreleased]`` block to
   ``## [X.Y.Z] — YYYY-MM-DD``; reset ``[Unreleased]`` to
   ``(nothing yet)``.
 
 Commit with a stand-alone message like
 ``chore: bump version to X.Y.Z, promote CHANGELOG``. Verify the
-commit's stat shows only those three files changed.
+commit's stat shows only those four files changed.
 
 9. Tag + push
 -------------
diff --git a/tests/test_version.py b/tests/test_version.py
index 114324b..9edc1b3 100644
--- a/tests/test_version.py
+++ b/tests/test_version.py
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 available and otherwise falls back to a literal in ``__init__.py`` (for
 an uninstalled source tree). That literal silently drifted behind
 ``pyproject.toml`` once already, so this test pins the two together.
+
+``CITATION.cff`` carries its own ``version:`` field, maintained by hand,
+which had drifted several releases behind (1.10.0 while the package was
+1.14.x). This test also pins the citation version to ``pyproject`` so a
+release that forgets to bump it fails CI rather than shipping a stale
+citation.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -28,5 +34,18 @@ def _init_fallback_version() -> str:
     return matches[-1]
 
 
+def _citation_version() -> str:
+    src = (REPO_ROOT / "CITATION.cff").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    # The software ``version:`` field, distinct from the ``cff-version:``
+    # schema field. Match a line that starts with ``version:`` exactly.
+    m = re.search(r'^version:\s*"?([^"\s]+)"?\s*$', src, re.MULTILINE)
+    assert m, "no software version: field found in CITATION.cff"
+    return m.group(1)
+
+
 def test_init_fallback_matches_pyproject() -> None:
     assert _init_fallback_version() == _pyproject_version()
+
+
+def test_citation_version_matches_pyproject() -> None:
+    assert _citation_version() == _pyproject_version()