diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b7bc9e4..60fa5ef 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin")
 
 option(OPENRA3_WERROR "Treat warnings as errors" OFF)
 
+# Windows: statically link the C++ runtime (libc++, libunwind) so the .exe only
+# needs SDL3.dll next to it at runtime.
+if(WIN32)
+    add_link_options(-static)
+endif()
+
 function(openra3_target_defaults target)
     target_compile_options(${target} PRIVATE -Wall -Wextra)
     set_property(TARGET ${target} PROPERTY CXX_MODULE_STD ON)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 0ea3a94..0c62199 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2.0
+0.2.1
diff --git a/src/core/ra3.core.cppm b/src/core/ra3.core.cppm
index c330c53..073b104 100644
--- a/src/core/ra3.core.cppm
+++ b/src/core/ra3.core.cppm
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import std;
 export namespace ra3::core {
     inline constexpr int version_major = 0;
     inline constexpr int version_minor = 2;
-    inline constexpr int version_patch = 0;
+    inline constexpr int version_patch = 1;
 
     using real = float;
     using int32 = std::int32_t;