diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 97241e4..890e435 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ for what changed inside the apps it composes.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.1.17] - 2026-07-18
+
+### Bumped
+- proxy -> [v1.1.15](https://github.com/theta42/proxy/releases/tag/v1.1.15)
+- sso-manager-node -> [v1.1.15](https://github.com/theta42/sso-manager-node/releases/tag/v1.1.15)
+
+Both apps' bare-metal `install.sh` now installs to `/opt/theta42/<app>` and seeds `/etc/<app>/secrets.js` on first run, matching a `wget -O - .../install.sh | sudo bash` one-line install for both (previously proxy-only); re-running it prints the version it's updating from/to. sso-manager-node's installer was rewritten from a flag-driven, copy-based script into the same idempotent git-clone pattern proxy already used, and now bootstraps OpenLDAP itself on first run instead of requiring the repo to already be checked out locally. None of this affects the Docker/unified-stack deployment this repo orchestrates — bare-metal-only.
+
 ## [1.1.16] - 2026-07-18
 
 ### Bumped
@@ -206,7 +214,8 @@ First tagged release. Establishes the `vX.Y.Z` tag convention going forward.
 - proxy -> [v1.1.0](https://github.com/theta42/proxy/releases/tag/v1.1.0)
 - sso-manager-node -> [v1.1.0](https://github.com/theta42/sso-manager-node/releases/tag/v1.1.0)
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/theta42/theta-env/compare/v1.1.16...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/theta42/theta-env/compare/v1.1.17...HEAD
+[1.1.17]: https://github.com/theta42/theta-env/compare/v1.1.16...v1.1.17
 [1.1.16]: https://github.com/theta42/theta-env/compare/v1.1.15...v1.1.16
 [1.1.15]: https://github.com/theta42/theta-env/compare/v1.1.14...v1.1.15
 [1.1.14]: https://github.com/theta42/theta-env/compare/v1.1.13...v1.1.14
diff --git a/proxy b/proxy
index f0eadbc..c0e1aa6 160000
--- a/proxy
+++ b/proxy
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f0eadbc2d79b90d72dddbcc6ff97652e3d913b22
+Subproject commit c0e1aa666e22d603534c996ee7c681b131ee4f89
diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index fd3ce49..cbdba57 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -135,10 +135,12 @@ if [[ "${SKIP_SELF_UPDATE:-0}" != "1" && "${THETA_ENV_REEXECED:-0}" != "1" ]] \
 	&& git rev-parse --abbrev-ref --symbolic-full-name '@{u}' >/dev/null 2>&1
 then
 	BEFORE_REV="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
+	BEFORE_VER="$(git describe --tags "$BEFORE_REV" 2>/dev/null || echo "${BEFORE_REV:0:12}")"
 	if git pull --ff-only -q; then
 		AFTER_REV="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
 		if [[ "$BEFORE_REV" != "$AFTER_REV" ]]; then
-			info "Updated theta-env (${BEFORE_REV:0:12} -> ${AFTER_REV:0:12}) — restarting setup.sh with the new version..."
+			AFTER_VER="$(git describe --tags "$AFTER_REV" 2>/dev/null || echo "${AFTER_REV:0:12}")"
+			info "Updated theta-env (${BEFORE_VER} -> ${AFTER_VER}) — restarting setup.sh with the new version..."
 			THETA_ENV_REEXECED=1 exec "$0" "$@"
 		fi
 	else
@@ -165,26 +167,32 @@ if [[ "${SKIP_SUBMODULE_UPDATE:-0}" != "1" ]]; then
 	for sm in sso-manager-node proxy; do
 		[[ -d "$sm" ]] || continue
 		before_rev="$(git -C "$sm" rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null || true)"
+		# Prefer the exact tag the submodule is currently pinned to; fall back
+		# to a short commit hash if it's on an untagged commit (shouldn't
+		# normally happen -- this repo only ever pins tagged releases).
+		before_tag="$(git -C "$sm" describe --tags --exact-match "$before_rev" 2>/dev/null || echo "${before_rev:0:12}")"
 
 		if ! git -C "$sm" fetch --tags -q 2>&1; then
-			warn "  ${sm}: could not fetch tags (offline?) — staying on the current pin."
+			warn "  ${sm}: could not fetch tags (offline?) — staying on ${before_tag}."
 			continue
 		fi
 
 		latest_tag="$(git -C "$sm" tag --list 'v*' --sort=-v:refname | head -n1)"
 		if [[ -z "$latest_tag" ]]; then
-			warn "  ${sm}: no vX.Y.Z release tags found — staying on the current pin."
+			warn "  ${sm}: no vX.Y.Z release tags found — staying on ${before_tag}."
 			continue
 		fi
 
 		if ! git -C "$sm" checkout -q "$latest_tag" 2>&1; then
-			warn "  ${sm}: could not check out ${latest_tag} — staying on the current pin."
+			warn "  ${sm}: could not check out ${latest_tag} — staying on ${before_tag}."
 			continue
 		fi
 
 		after_rev="$(git -C "$sm" rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null || true)"
 		if [[ "$before_rev" != "$after_rev" ]]; then
-			info "  ${sm}: updated to ${latest_tag} (${before_rev:0:12} -> ${after_rev:0:12})"
+			info "  ${sm}: updated ${before_tag} -> ${latest_tag}"
+		else
+			info "  ${sm}: already up to date (${latest_tag})"
 		fi
 	done
 else
diff --git a/sso-manager-node b/sso-manager-node
index c5a2c0a..37f2ece 160000
--- a/sso-manager-node
+++ b/sso-manager-node
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c5a2c0a71df2d8ca65f9c6a541797f8236048271
+Subproject commit 37f2ece1724fdc22f271f86ab2100a2e620f952b