diff --git a/internal/update/update.go b/internal/update/update.go
index b3bd128..d108653 100644
--- a/internal/update/update.go
+++ b/internal/update/update.go
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 // Trust model: GitHub TLS guarantees the channel; the repository owner controls
 // which assets are published; SHA256SUMS guards integrity. There is no GPG
 // signature verification — an accepted trade-off for a closed-network testing
-// tool. The web UI's check-update button remains an intentional no-op; only the
-// CLI performs code replacement.
+// tool. Both the CLI and authenticated web UI use this same verified replacement
+// path.
 package update
 
 import (
diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
index 48a747e..075a0d1 100644
--- a/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -229,7 +229,9 @@ ProtectKernelLogs=true
 ProtectKernelModules=true
 ProtectKernelTunables=true
 ProtectControlGroups=true
-ReadWritePaths=/opt/vocat/data
+# The web/CLI self-updater verifies a release in this directory and atomically
+# renames it over the running binary. Keep the rest of the host read-only.
+ReadWritePaths=/opt/vocat/data /opt/vocat/bin
 RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_UNIX AF_INET AF_INET6 AF_NETLINK
 RestrictRealtime=true
 LockPersonality=true