diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-about.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-about.yml
index 8b627ada..7c51a67f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-about.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-about.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ name: Sync indicator count
 #   3. Docs site: index.md / overview.md / Indicators-Overview.md
 #      (wickra-lib/wickra-docs) — synced on push to main / v* tag*
 #   4. Marketing site count (wickra-lib/webpage: index.md /
-#      .vitepress/config.ts / public/hero.svg) — push to main / v* tag*
+#      .vitepress/config.ts) — push to main / v* tag*
 #   5. org profile README count (wickra-lib/.github, profile/README.md)
 #                                            — synced on push to main / v* tag*
 #   6. org description ("… N indicators, install-free.")
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           n="${{ steps.count.outputs.count }}"
           sed -i -E "s/[0-9]+ (streaming-first )?indicators/${n} \1indicators/g" README.md
+          # Bump the banner cache-buster so GitHub's Camo proxy refetches the org
+          # profile image (regenerated with the new count by .github/banner.yml)
+          # instead of serving a stale cached copy.
+          sed -i -E "s|(wickra-banner\.webp\?v=)[0-9]+|\1${n}|" README.md
           if git diff --quiet; then
             echo "No README changes after sed (counter regex did not match anything); skipping push."
             echo "changed=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
@@ -424,14 +428,14 @@ jobs:
             exit 0
           fi
           cd webpage-count
-          sed -i -E "s/[0-9]+ (streaming-first )?indicators/${n} \1indicators/g" index.md .vitepress/config.ts public/hero.svg
+          sed -i -E "s/[0-9]+ (streaming-first )?indicators/${n} \1indicators/g" index.md .vitepress/config.ts
           if git diff --quiet; then
             echo "Webpage indicator count unchanged."
             exit 0
           fi
           git config user.name "wickra-bot"
           git config user.email "wickra-bot@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git add index.md .vitepress/config.ts public/hero.svg
+          git add index.md .vitepress/config.ts
           git commit -m "chore: sync indicator count to ${n}"
           if ! git push 2>/dev/null; then
             echo "::warning::push to wickra-lib/webpage failed — ABOUT_SYNC_TOKEN likely lacks write (findings P10.0a)."
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a4b6433c..02e192a2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   every candlestick pattern, making the family a drop-in machine-learning
   feature where bullish and bearish instances share a single dimension.
 
+### Fixed
+- **README banner now self-updates.** The top README banner points at the org
+  profile image that `.github/banner.yml` regenerates from the indicator count,
+  and `sync-about.yml` bumps a `?v=<count>` cache-buster so GitHub's Camo proxy
+  refetches it immediately. Also fixes the webpage indicator-count sync, which
+  silently crashed on a removed `public/hero.svg` and left the marketing site's
+  count (and its OG banner) stale.
+
 ### Security
 - **CI dependency installs are pinned by hash.** The Node binding now installs
   with `npm ci` (strict `package-lock.json`), and the Python CI/bench tooling is
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0cfe3918..2e0a5afe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <p align="center">
-  <a href="https://wickra.org"><img src="https://wickra.org/og-banner.webp" alt="Wickra — streaming-first technical indicators" width="100%"></a>
+  <a href="https://wickra.org"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wickra-lib/.github/main/profile/wickra-banner.webp?v=227" alt="Wickra — streaming-first technical indicators" width="100%"></a>
 </p>
 
 [![CI](https://github.com/wickra-lib/wickra/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/wickra-lib/wickra/actions/workflows/ci.yml)