diff --git a/alchemist/alchemist_ref b/alchemist/alchemist_ref
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+28e108e32350d518198857dc91ea2a2cb7b25529
diff --git a/alchemist/version_policy.sh b/alchemist/version_policy.sh
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+export FREEDOOM_VERSION_POLICY="latest"