diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 387b3f4b..ce08e374 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,23 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           lfs: 'true'
+      
+      - name: Verify server-sdk-go version
+        run: |
+          livekit_cli_ver=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
+          server_sdk_go_ver=$(git ls-remote --tags --sort='v:refname' https://github.com/livekit/server-sdk-go.git \
+            | awk -F'refs/tags/' '{print $2}' \
+            | grep -E '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' \
+            | tail -n1)
+          livekit_cli_major_minor=$(echo "$livekit_cli_ver" | sed -E 's/^v([0-9]+\.[0-9]+)\..*/\1/')
+          server_sdk_go_major_minor=$(echo "$server_sdk_go_ver" | sed -E 's/^v([0-9]+\.[0-9]+)\..*/\1/')
+          echo "livekit-cli: $livekit_cli_ver ($livekit_cli_major_minor)"
+          echo "server-sdk-go: $server_sdk_go_ver ($server_sdk_go_major_minor)"
+          if [ "$livekit_cli_major_minor" != "$server_sdk_go_major_minor" ]; then
+            echo "version mismatch: livekit-cli ($livekit_cli_major_minor) ≠ server-sdk-go ($server_sdk_go_major_minor)"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "versions match ($livekit_cli_major_minor)"
 
       - run: git lfs pull
 
diff --git a/cmd/lk/agent.go b/cmd/lk/agent.go
index e5ed38fd..e8fbee47 100644
--- a/cmd/lk/agent.go
+++ b/cmd/lk/agent.go
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ func createAgent(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
 
 	regions := []string{region}
 	excludeFiles := []string{fmt.Sprintf("**/%s", config.LiveKitTOMLFile)}
-	resp, err := agentsClient.CreateAgent(ctx, os.DirFS(workingDir), secrets, regions, excludeFiles)
+	resp, err := agentsClient.CreateAgent(ctx, os.DirFS(workingDir), secrets, regions, excludeFiles, os.Stderr)
 	if err != nil {
 		if twerr, ok := err.(twirp.Error); ok {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to create agent: %s", twerr.Msg())
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ func deployAgent(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
 	}
 
 	excludeFiles := []string{fmt.Sprintf("**/%s", config.LiveKitTOMLFile)}
-	if err := agentsClient.DeployAgent(ctx, agentId, os.DirFS(workingDir), secrets, excludeFiles); err != nil {
+	if err := agentsClient.DeployAgent(ctx, agentId, os.DirFS(workingDir), secrets, excludeFiles, os.Stderr); err != nil {
 		if twerr, ok := err.(twirp.Error); ok {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to deploy agent: %s", twerr.Msg())
 		}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cd2414ba..e15ecc0a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-task/task/v3 v3.44.1
 	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
 	github.com/livekit/protocol v1.42.3-0.20251024111301-1e3becbff5d1
-	github.com/livekit/server-sdk-go/v2 v2.12.1
+	github.com/livekit/server-sdk-go/v2 v2.12.4
 	github.com/moby/patternmatcher v0.6.0
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.5
 	github.com/pion/rtcp v1.2.15
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1e24255e..d3bb6956 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ github.com/livekit/psrpc v0.7.0 h1:rtfqfjYN06WJYloE/S0nmkJ/Y04x4pxLQLe8kQ4FVHU=
 github.com/livekit/psrpc v0.7.0/go.mod h1:AuDC5uOoEjQJEc69v4Li3t77Ocz0e0NdjQEuFfO+vfk=
 github.com/livekit/server-sdk-go/v2 v2.12.1 h1:6F4OWwWPcUjyhaWPNL5BE1XEJt9KzX4/10P5ADeL7xY=
 github.com/livekit/server-sdk-go/v2 v2.12.1/go.mod h1:6EZr5pBYOJ4cT1i5YnZ/L+GOeOqx6e6fKtVgU8itXuc=
+github.com/livekit/server-sdk-go/v2 v2.12.4 h1:pcNCgGfO7iYb3dQij7vp2Kee8kHNRSj/lJWpA/VNtN0=
+github.com/livekit/server-sdk-go/v2 v2.12.4/go.mod h1:EGWi7fcsHawWOCxUIlnSHC3fzWBsCEscLkouIZEzGKY=
 github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.2.0 h1:1nnpGOrhyZZuNyfu1QjKiUICQ74+3FNCN69Aj6K7nkY=
 github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.2.0/go.mod h1:R4dSotOR9KMtayYi1e77YzuveK+i7ruzyGqttikkLy0=
 github.com/magefile/mage v1.15.0 h1:BvGheCMAsG3bWUDbZ8AyXXpCNwU9u5CB6sM+HNb9HYg=