diff --git a/document-release/sections/release-body.md.tmpl b/document-release/sections/release-body.md.tmpl
index 72f138bd8..41d257d2a 100644
--- a/document-release/sections/release-body.md.tmpl
+++ b/document-release/sections/release-body.md.tmpl
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ PR titles must start with `v<VERSION>` whenever the project has a version source
 Run this entire block in one shell, substituting `github` or `gitlab` for `<platform>` from Step 0 and the base branch for `<base>`. No variables cross tool calls. No version source (NO_VERSION) or no PR/MR skips title sync; an update failure warns and continues.
 
 ```bash
-VB=$(bun run ~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-version-bump classify --base <base>) || { echo "Title sync: not run (the version source is broken; see the error above)."; exit 0; }
+VB=$(bun run ~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-version-bump classify --base "<base>") || { echo "Title sync: not run (the version source is broken; see the error above)."; exit 0; }
 V=$(echo "$VB" | jq -r '.currentVersion // empty')
 [ -n "$V" ] || { echo "Title sync: not applicable (no version source is configured)."; exit 0; }
 case "<platform>" in
diff --git a/test/document-skills-redaction.test.ts b/test/document-skills-redaction.test.ts
index 95fb96151..4c856e2b3 100644
--- a/test/document-skills-redaction.test.ts
+++ b/test/document-skills-redaction.test.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ describe("/document-release redaction", () => {
   test("title synchronization keeps every variable in one valid shell block", () => {
     const section = RELEASE.slice(RELEASE.indexOf('**PR/MR title sync'));
     const script = section.match(/```bash\n([\s\S]*?)\n```/)![1];
-    for (const command of ['V=$(cat VERSION', 'CURRENT_TITLE=$(gh pr view', 'NEW_TITLE=$(', 'gh pr edit --title "$NEW_TITLE"', 'glab mr update -t "$NEW_TITLE"']) {
+    // G1 (#2334): the version comes from the shared classifier, not a root VERSION read.
+    for (const command of ['VB=$(bun run ~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-version-bump classify', 'CURRENT_TITLE=$(gh pr view', 'NEW_TITLE=$(', 'gh pr edit --title "$NEW_TITLE"', 'glab mr update -t "$NEW_TITLE"']) {
       expect(script).toContain(command);
     }
     const result = spawnSync('bash', ['-n'], { input: script, encoding: 'utf8', timeout: 5000 });