diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8b98912..e1a04e3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ backend = FalaExecutionBackend("journal.sqlite")
 summary = backend.execute(request, perform_step)
 ```
 
-This is a thin adapter over Fala 0.7.28's public `record_in_process` API:
+This is a thin adapter over Fala 0.8.1's public `fala.host.record_in_process` API:
 `run_id`, `execution_id` (as Fala's `process_id`), `inputs`, `metadata`, and the
 callback are forwarded unchanged. Fala owns validation, recording, exact-once
 callback invocation, and return/exception semantics. The caller still creates
@@ -423,9 +423,8 @@ pip install "datasource-kit[fastapi]"    # FastAPI control-plane router
 ```
 
 The `[fala]` extra installs [mikolaj92/Fala](https://github.com/mikolaj92/Fala)
-from GitHub at the `v0.7.28` tag (`record_in_process`). Fala is not published
-to PyPI; the extra carries a PEP 508 git URL so `pip` does not resolve the
-unrelated PyPI project named `fala`.
+from an HTTPS archive pinned to commit `27c179aee96daf6953ef36d6b1a007214d14a0db` (0.8.1).
+The PEP 508 URL avoids git fetch and the unrelated PyPI project named `fala`.
 
 ## Minimal Batch Usage
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 27da8f3..c54d8c8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,11 +16,7 @@ dependencies = []
 datasource-kit = "datasource_kit.cli:main"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-# Blob/artifact resolution and in-process journal recording only.
-# Fala is GitHub-only (name = "fala"); the PEP 508 URL keeps pip off the
-# unrelated PyPI project of the same name. Adapter needs record_in_process
-# (Fala 0.7.28+).
-fala = ["fala @ git+https://github.com/mikolaj92/Fala.git@v0.7.28"]
+fala = ["fala @ https://github.com/mikolaj92/Fala/archive/27c179aee96daf6953ef36d6b1a007214d14a0db.tar.gz"]
 # YAML profile loading only; JSON profiles are the dep-free default.
 profiles = ["pyyaml>=6.0"]
 # Optional FastAPI control-plane router; the core stays HTTP-framework-free.
@@ -34,9 +30,6 @@ dev = ["pytest>=8.0", "fastapi>=0.141.1", "httpx2>=2.12.0"]
 [dependency-groups]
 dev = ["pytest>=8.0", "fastapi>=0.141.1", "httpx2>=2.12.0"]
 
-[tool.uv.sources]
-fala = { git = "https://github.com/mikolaj92/Fala", tag = "v0.7.28" }
-
 [build-system]
 requires = ["hatchling"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
diff --git a/tests/adapters/test_fala_extra_source.py b/tests/adapters/test_fala_extra_source.py
index 00ca593..55aaa94 100644
--- a/tests/adapters/test_fala_extra_source.py
+++ b/tests/adapters/test_fala_extra_source.py
@@ -5,22 +5,21 @@
 from typing import Final
 
 _ROOT: Final = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
-_FALA_GIT: Final = "https://github.com/mikolaj92/Fala"
-_FALA_TAG: Final = "v0.7.28"
-_FALA_EXTRA: Final = f"fala @ git+{_FALA_GIT}.git@{_FALA_TAG}"
+_FALA_ARCHIVE: Final = "https://github.com/mikolaj92/Fala/archive/27c179aee96daf6953ef36d6b1a007214d14a0db.tar.gz"
+_FALA_EXTRA: Final = f"fala @ {_FALA_ARCHIVE}"
 
 
 def _pyproject() -> dict[str, object]:
     return tomllib.loads((_ROOT / "pyproject.toml").read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
 
 
-def test_fala_extra_installs_mikolaj92_fala_from_git() -> None:
+def test_fala_extra_installs_mikolaj92_fala_from_archive() -> None:
     extras = _pyproject()["project"]["optional-dependencies"]["fala"]
 
     assert extras == [_FALA_EXTRA]
 
 
-def test_uv_sources_pin_fala_to_the_same_git_tag() -> None:
-    sources = _pyproject()["tool"]["uv"]["sources"]["fala"]
+def test_uv_sources_do_not_override_fala_archive() -> None:
+    sources = _pyproject().get("tool", {}).get("uv", {}).get("sources", {})
 
-    assert sources == {"git": _FALA_GIT, "tag": _FALA_TAG}
+    assert "fala" not in sources
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 5333090..3313321 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ dev = [
 
 [package.metadata]
 requires-dist = [
-    { name = "fala", marker = "extra == 'fala'", git = "https://github.com/mikolaj92/Fala?tag=v0.7.28" },
+    { name = "fala", marker = "extra == 'fala'", url = "https://github.com/mikolaj92/Fala/archive/27c179aee96daf6953ef36d6b1a007214d14a0db.tar.gz" },
     { name = "fastapi", marker = "extra == 'dev'", specifier = ">=0.141.1" },
     { name = "fastapi", marker = "extra == 'fastapi'", specifier = ">=0.141.1" },
     { name = "httpx2", marker = "extra == 'dev'", specifier = ">=2.12.0" },
@@ -90,8 +90,13 @@ dev = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fala"
-version = "0.7.28"
-source = { git = "https://github.com/mikolaj92/Fala?tag=v0.7.28#36b98995f515766b867dd5e43c63799a6892aa48" }
+version = "0.8.1"
+source = { url = "https://github.com/mikolaj92/Fala/archive/27c179aee96daf6953ef36d6b1a007214d14a0db.tar.gz" }
+sdist = { hash = "sha256:328563fd39dd551e6c3e4058741aed3edec0902c51dadb8952485d2c525c94ad" }
+
+[package.metadata]
+requires-dist = [{ name = "pytest", marker = "extra == 'dev'", specifier = ">=8.0" }]
+provides-extras = ["dev"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fastapi"