diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 37a2715..8d9de9b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ for issue in intensity_checks(summaries, IntensityCheckSettings(outlier_limit=3.
 Milestones 2–4 are released as `v0.2.0` (27 October 2026) and Milestone 5 as `v0.3.1`
 (28 October 2026); the other bricks pin the latest tag. The tag `v0.3.0` holds the same
 code but reports version 0.2.0, as its `pyproject.toml` was not updated; use `v0.3.1`.
+`v0.3.2` (30 October 2026) refuses a `plane_histograms.csv` row whose `plane_id`, `image_file`
+or `bit_depth` disagrees with its other columns (#18).
 
 Milestone 5 added a robust histogram range for histograms that are not exact (float planes,
 and integer planes with more values than bins), for issue #12 (decisions N54–N60):
diff --git a/docs/plan.md b/docs/plan.md
index 22a8295..f41974b 100644
--- a/docs/plan.md
+++ b/docs/plan.md
@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ their formula is implemented here.
   The tag `v0.3.0` points at the same code but its package reports version 0.2.0, because
   `pyproject.toml` was not updated before tagging; `v0.3.1` corrects the version and nothing
   else.*
+- **Release `v0.3.2`** (30 October 2026): the statistics reader checks the stored `plane_id`,
+  `image_file` and `bit_depth` of each row against its other columns (#18, from the data-flow
+  audit, preprocessing #39). Pinned by preprocessing from its `v0.3.2`.
 - **Then:** the preprocessing follow-up, then the CellPatcher follow-up (N6). Preprocessing
   steps P2 and P3 do not depend on this brick and may start earlier; its step P3b (writing
   schema version 3) follows Milestone 2b. From `v0.2.0` on, the other bricks pin the tag
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 90af0e9..e2f7792 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "morphobricks-normalization"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.3.2"
 description = "MorphoBricks normalization brick: per-plane statistics, their file formats, and normalization methods for microscopy images."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT"