diff --git a/.release-notes/fix-close-during-init.md b/.release-notes/fix-close-during-init.md
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/.release-notes/fix-close-during-init.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## Fix crash when closing a connection during setup
+
+Closing or disposing a connection while it was still being set up (before internal initialization completed) could crash the program. This was a race condition that was unlikely but possible, particularly on arm64. Connections now handle early close safely.
diff --git a/corral.json b/corral.json
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--- a/corral.json
+++ b/corral.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     },
     {
       "locator": "github.com/ponylang/courier.git",
-      "version": "0.1.2"
+      "version": "0.1.4"
     },
     {
       "locator": "github.com/ponylang/uri.git",