diff --git a/apps/world-lab/src/app/maplibre-worker/[file]/route.ts b/apps/world-lab/src/app/maplibre-worker/[file]/route.ts
index 8f121ea..e8bbed5 100644
--- a/apps/world-lab/src/app/maplibre-worker/[file]/route.ts
+++ b/apps/world-lab/src/app/maplibre-worker/[file]/route.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,9 @@
-import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
-import { join } from 'node:path';
-import { notFound } from 'next/navigation';
-
-const mapLibreWorkerFiles = new Set([
-  'maplibre-gl-shared.mjs',
-  'maplibre-gl-worker.mjs',
-]);
+import { serveMapLibreWorkerFile } from '../serve-worker-file';
 
 export async function GET(
   _request: Request,
   context: { params: Promise<{ file: string }> },
 ) {
   const { file } = await context.params;
-  if (!mapLibreWorkerFiles.has(file)) notFound();
-
-  const contents = await readFile(
-    join(process.cwd(), 'node_modules', 'maplibre-gl', 'dist', file),
-  );
-
-  return new Response(contents, {
-    headers: {
-      'Cache-Control': 'public, max-age=31536000, immutable',
-      'Content-Type': 'text/javascript; charset=utf-8',
-    },
-  });
+  return serveMapLibreWorkerFile(file);
 }
diff --git a/apps/world-lab/src/app/maplibre-worker/route.test.ts b/apps/world-lab/src/app/maplibre-worker/route.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b75648
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/world-lab/src/app/maplibre-worker/route.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import { getVersion } from 'maplibre-gl';
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { GET as getLegacyWorker } from './[file]/route';
+import { GET as getVersionedWorker } from './v/[version]/[file]/route';
+
+describe('MapLibre worker routes', () => {
+  it('serves versioned allowlisted files with immutable caching', async () => {
+    const response = await getVersionedWorker(new Request('http://localhost'), {
+      params: Promise.resolve({
+        version: getVersion(),
+        file: 'maplibre-gl-worker.mjs',
+      }),
+    });
+
+    expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(response.headers.get('Cache-Control')).toBe(
+      'public, max-age=31536000, immutable',
+    );
+    expect(await response.text()).toContain('maplibre-gl-shared.mjs');
+  });
+
+  it('returns not found for stale versions and files outside the allowlist', async () => {
+    await expect(
+      getVersionedWorker(new Request('http://localhost'), {
+        params: Promise.resolve({
+          version: 'stale-version',
+          file: 'maplibre-gl-worker.mjs',
+        }),
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow('NEXT_HTTP_ERROR_FALLBACK;404');
+
+    await expect(
+      getVersionedWorker(new Request('http://localhost'), {
+        params: Promise.resolve({
+          version: getVersion(),
+          file: 'unlisted.mjs',
+        }),
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow('NEXT_HTTP_ERROR_FALLBACK;404');
+  });
+
+  it('serves legacy URLs without allowing browsers to retain stale bundles', async () => {
+    const response = await getLegacyWorker(new Request('http://localhost'), {
+      params: Promise.resolve({ file: 'maplibre-gl-shared.mjs' }),
+    });
+
+    expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(response.headers.get('Cache-Control')).toBe('no-store');
+    expect(await response.text()).toContain('maplibre-gl-shared.mjs.map');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/world-lab/src/app/maplibre-worker/serve-worker-file.ts b/apps/world-lab/src/app/maplibre-worker/serve-worker-file.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d78596
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/world-lab/src/app/maplibre-worker/serve-worker-file.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+import { notFound } from 'next/navigation';
+import { mapLibreWorkerFiles } from './worker-files';
+
+async function getInstalledMapLibreVersion() {
+  const packageContents = await readFile(
+    join(process.cwd(), 'node_modules', 'maplibre-gl', 'package.json'),
+    'utf8',
+  );
+  return (JSON.parse(packageContents) as { version: string }).version;
+}
+
+export async function serveMapLibreWorkerFile(
+  file: string,
+  requestedVersion?: string,
+) {
+  if (!mapLibreWorkerFiles.has(file)) notFound();
+
+  if (requestedVersion !== undefined) {
+    const installedVersion = await getInstalledMapLibreVersion();
+    if (requestedVersion !== installedVersion) notFound();
+  }
+
+  const contents = await readFile(
+    join(process.cwd(), 'node_modules', 'maplibre-gl', 'dist', file),
+  );
+
+  return new Response(contents, {
+    headers: {
+      'Cache-Control':
+        requestedVersion === undefined
+          ? 'no-store'
+          : 'public, max-age=31536000, immutable',
+      'Content-Type': 'text/javascript; charset=utf-8',
+    },
+  });
+}
diff --git a/apps/world-lab/src/app/maplibre-worker/v/[version]/[file]/route.ts b/apps/world-lab/src/app/maplibre-worker/v/[version]/[file]/route.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17e0f8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/world-lab/src/app/maplibre-worker/v/[version]/[file]/route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { serveMapLibreWorkerFile } from '../../../serve-worker-file';
+
+export async function GET(
+  _request: Request,
+  context: { params: Promise<{ version: string; file: string }> },
+) {
+  const { file, version } = await context.params;
+  return serveMapLibreWorkerFile(file, version);
+}
diff --git a/apps/world-lab/src/app/maplibre-worker/worker-files.ts b/apps/world-lab/src/app/maplibre-worker/worker-files.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a5cb0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/world-lab/src/app/maplibre-worker/worker-files.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export const mapLibreWorkerFiles = new Set([
+  'maplibre-gl-shared.mjs',
+  'maplibre-gl-worker.mjs',
+]);
diff --git a/apps/world-lab/src/components/world-map.tsx b/apps/world-lab/src/components/world-map.tsx
index d611dc7..d59af70 100644
--- a/apps/world-lab/src/components/world-map.tsx
+++ b/apps/world-lab/src/components/world-map.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { cellToBoundary, cellToLatLng } from 'h3-js';
 import {
   AttributionControl,
+  getVersion,
   LngLatBounds,
   type GeoJSONSource,
   Map,
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ const sourceId = 'development-hexes';
 const fillLayerId = 'development-hex-fills';
 const lineLayerId = 'development-hex-lines';
 
-setWorkerUrl('/maplibre-worker/maplibre-gl-worker.mjs');
+setWorkerUrl(`/maplibre-worker/v/${getVersion()}/maplibre-gl-worker.mjs`);
 
 type OverlayStatus = 'initializing' | 'ready' | 'incomplete' | 'failed';
 
diff --git a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
index ef01761..50f9fb9 100644
--- a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
+++ b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
@@ -158,6 +158,12 @@ World Lab issues explicit ticks while Start or a bounded run is active. Provider
 
 `apps/world-lab` is a Next.js App Router developer/admin surface. It fetches runtime-validated simulation snapshots through a local rewrite, controls one tick at a time, and updates MapLibre's existing H3 GeoJSON source without recreating the map. Agent markers are fully visible and use deterministic offsets when sharing cells.
 
+MapLibre's worker URL includes the renderer's package version. The worker and
+its relative shared-module import use the same versioned route, which serves
+only the installed version and two allowlisted files. Versioned responses use
+immutable caching; legacy unversioned responses use `no-store`. This keeps
+dependency upgrades from pairing a new renderer with cached older workers.
+
 Its command navbar is the single persistent application-control row. Browser-session run-target selection remains client orchestration and preserves absolute tick semantics; execution and reconciliation still consume authoritative API snapshots. Agent color uses retained effective color, base agent color, and a neutral fallback.
 
 The basemap uses the standard HTTPS OpenStreetMap raster tile endpoint with
diff --git a/docs/TESTING.md b/docs/TESTING.md
index bc3bd07..ccccbd8 100644
--- a/docs/TESTING.md
+++ b/docs/TESTING.md
@@ -235,11 +235,18 @@ neutral fallback for unknown agents.
 OpenStreetMap tile URLs, visible attribution, source zoom bounds, and a dark
 raster treatment that leaves domain overlays untouched.
 
+`maplibre-worker/route.test.ts` covers matching package versions, rejected
+versions and filenames, immutable versioned responses, and uncached legacy
+responses.
+
 ### Playwright E2E (`tests/e2e/world-lab.spec.ts`)
 
-Two tests: the long swarm-activity log scrolls inside the fixed-height bottom
-dock; and a deterministic scripted swarm tick commits and exports safe
-telemetry without an OpenRouter request. Browser tests fulfill OpenStreetMap
+Three tests: a map renders using matching versioned worker assets even when
+the legacy worker URL is intercepted with a stale response; the long
+swarm-activity log scrolls inside the fixed-height bottom dock; and a
+deterministic scripted swarm tick commits and exports safe telemetry without
+an OpenRouter request. The worker regression also checks both versioned asset
+responses and rejects a mismatched package version. Browser tests fulfill OpenStreetMap
 tile requests with a local image fixture instead of contacting the public tile
 service.
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/world-lab.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/world-lab.spec.ts
index cc6edbf..ac00c06 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/world-lab.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/world-lab.spec.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,53 @@ async function openMoreActions(page: Parameters<typeof test>[0]['page']) {
   }
 }
 
+test('renders the map without using stale unversioned worker assets', async ({
+  page,
+  context,
+}) => {
+  const { dependencies } = JSON.parse(
+    await readFile('apps/world-lab/package.json', 'utf8'),
+  );
+  const version = dependencies['maplibre-gl'];
+  const workerRequests: string[] = [];
+  const errors: string[] = [];
+  context.on('request', (request) => {
+    if (request.url().includes('/maplibre-worker/')) {
+      workerRequests.push(new URL(request.url()).pathname);
+    }
+  });
+  page.on('pageerror', (error) => errors.push(error.message));
+  await context.route('**/maplibre-worker/maplibre-gl-*.mjs', (route) =>
+    route.fulfill({
+      contentType: 'text/javascript',
+      body: 'throw new Error("Stale unversioned MapLibre worker loaded");',
+    }),
+  );
+
+  await page.goto('/');
+  await expect(page.getByTestId('world-map')).toHaveAttribute(
+    'data-overlay-status',
+    'ready',
+  );
+  expect(workerRequests).toContain(
+    `/maplibre-worker/v/${version}/maplibre-gl-worker.mjs`,
+  );
+  expect(errors).toEqual([]);
+
+  for (const file of ['maplibre-gl-worker.mjs', 'maplibre-gl-shared.mjs']) {
+    const response = await context.request.get(
+      `/maplibre-worker/v/${version}/${file}`,
+    );
+    expect(response.ok()).toBe(true);
+    expect(response.headers()['cache-control']).toContain('immutable');
+    expect(await response.text()).toContain(`v${version}/LICENSE.txt`);
+  }
+  const mismatched = await context.request.get(
+    '/maplibre-worker/v/0.0.0/maplibre-gl-worker.mjs',
+  );
+  expect(mismatched.status()).toBe(404);
+});
+
 test('keeps long swarm activity scrollable inside the bottom dock', async ({
   page,
 }) => {