diff --git a/src-tauri/src/commands.rs b/src-tauri/src/commands.rs
index a9d4b7e..5b200ab 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/commands.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/commands.rs
@@ -1542,7 +1542,9 @@ pub async fn catalog_artist_socials(
     Ok(state.metadata.catalog_artist_socials(artist_id).await)
 }
 
-const COVER_LOGO_RECIPE: &str = "cover-logo-perf-v3-identity";
+// v4: the alpha ramp now scales to the measured ink distance, so every cached
+// mask predates the anti-aliasing this pipeline relies on and must be redrawn.
+const COVER_LOGO_RECIPE: &str = "cover-logo-v4-ink-scaled-alpha";
 const COVER_LOGO_MAX_COVERS: usize = 14;
 const COVER_LOGO_MAX_HITS: usize = 5;
 const COVER_LOGO_LOCATE_WINDOW: usize = 4;