diff --git a/arch/daedalus-v4l2/PKGBUILD b/arch/daedalus-v4l2/PKGBUILD
index 92aeb3f83..8e51bb441 100644
--- a/arch/daedalus-v4l2/PKGBUILD
+++ b/arch/daedalus-v4l2/PKGBUILD
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ _upstreampkg=daedalus-v4l2
 # (daedalus-v4l2#11).  Daemon still needs daedalus-fourier at
 # build time (Arch packaging for that is a follow-up; Debian side
 # fetches inline via build-deb.sh).
-_commit=6e6dfa144da7bc7fa8be50c8da91d7d1c6132a2c
+_commit=1d8f5af1646c7c09b75e07be0c2763b37ea367e6
 
 # 0.1.0 (pre-1.0) + commit count + short sha.  Bump the .Y on each
 # Phase 8.x close.  pkgver() recomputes at build time.
-pkgver=0.1.0.r41.6e6dfa1
-pkgrel=1  # reset for new upstream pin (6e6dfa1 — soname 62 via /opt/fourier)
+pkgver=0.1.0.r43.1d8f5af
+pkgrel=1  # reset for new upstream pin (1d8f5af — pause-time tiny-bitstream filter, closes #17)
 pkgdesc="Userspace daemon for the daedalus-v4l2 V4L2 stateless decoder shim (VP9/AV1/H.264 on Pi 5 / CM5)"
 arch=('aarch64')
 url="https://git.reauktion.de/reauktion/daedalus-v4l2"
diff --git a/debian/daedalus-v4l2/build-deb.sh b/debian/daedalus-v4l2/build-deb.sh
index 5c81b7a99..1b647db88 100755
--- a/debian/daedalus-v4l2/build-deb.sh
+++ b/debian/daedalus-v4l2/build-deb.sh
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # source tree we own in marfrit-packages.  Headers + .pc files
 # come from ffmpeg-v4l2-request-fourier (installed by the CI
 # workflow before this script runs; see PKG_CONFIG_PATH below).
-UPSTREAM_COMMIT=6e6dfa144da7bc7fa8be50c8da91d7d1c6132a2c
-PKGVER=0.1.0+r41+g6e6dfa1
-PKGREL=1  # reset for new upstream pin (6e6dfa1 — soname 62 via /opt/fourier)
+UPSTREAM_COMMIT=1d8f5af1646c7c09b75e07be0c2763b37ea367e6
+PKGVER=0.1.0+r43+g1d8f5af
+PKGREL=1  # reset for new upstream pin (1d8f5af — pause-time tiny-bitstream filter, closes #17)
 
 # daedalus-fourier pin.  d87239d = marfrit/daedalus-fourier PR #1 merge
 # (install rules + pkg-config, enables this consumer to find_package
diff --git a/debian/daedalus-v4l2/debian/changelog b/debian/daedalus-v4l2/debian/changelog
index eb27ae6d6..b1a098b77 100644
--- a/debian/daedalus-v4l2/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/daedalus-v4l2/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+daedalus-v4l2 (0.1.0+r43+g1d8f5af-1) bookworm trixie; urgency=medium
+
+  * Bump to 1d8f5af — picks up daedalus-v4l2 PR #18 (closes #17).
+    Daemon now drops degenerate (<4 byte) bitstreams at the REQ_DECODE
+    entry instead of letting avcodec_send_packet return
+    AVERROR_INVALIDDATA.  Reply RESP_FRAME with status=
+    DAEDALUS_DECODE_NO_FRAME so libva's V4L2 surface pool stays
+    healthy.
+  * Fixes the Firefox YouTube avc1 pause→resume regression observed
+    on higgs: libva-v4l2-request-fourier flushes a 3-byte stub
+    (presumably a bare NAL start code) into OUTPUT_MPLANE at the
+    pause boundary; the old INVALIDDATA error path made Firefox
+    fall off to libmozavcodec SW for the rest of the session.  With
+    this filter the daemon logs the sentinel as 'tiny bitstream 3
+    bytes — dropping as no-op' and the next real REQ_DECODE
+    proceeds normally.
+  * Wire protocol unchanged.  No daedalus-v4l2-dkms bump needed.
+
+ -- Markus Fritsche <mfritsche@reauktion.de>  Fri, 22 May 2026 17:30:00 +0000
+
 daedalus-v4l2 (0.1.0+r41+g6e6dfa1-1) bookworm trixie; urgency=medium
 
   * Bump to 6e6dfa1 — daedalus-v4l2 PR #16.  Daemon dlopens Kwiboo