diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 404d485..97710a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ jobs:
   readme:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
-      BEND_VERSION: 2.0.34
-      BEND_SHA256: 78106a97af242429dcc057258eb8d10f69cddebcd5e263022185a52d003e09bf
+      BEND_VERSION: 2.0.35
+      BEND_SHA256: 63039d1a119f716767ac5a7d8fe0717cfacf219c6c253c35192148e0dade722f
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@fbc6f3992d24b796d5a048ff273f7fcc4a7b6c09 # v5.1.0
       - name: Install bend
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a592a50..9cfcc03 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ tools for a whole project.
 
 ## Install
 
-ez needs Bend 2.0.32 or later; it is built and checked on Bend 2.0.34, the
+ez needs Bend 2.0.32 or later; it is built and checked on Bend 2.0.35, the
 version `flake.lock` pins. Building ez needs clang as well, since ez is one
 native binary. Every subcommand runs the `bend` and `git` on your PATH.
 
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 318ee5a..0949d5e 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1790643370,
-        "narHash": "sha256-VYGPIHkNeccEaBHGer1B7+GNiWKQBiN/iiS7PozBXx0=",
+        "lastModified": 1791027223,
+        "narHash": "sha256-VsMHe5HUg9EC+l8PlfOu2IHTVmP5Vu04GPDYwSkm6q8=",
         "owner": "bendlang",
         "repo": "bend",
-        "rev": "777ee0b55c485afdd7e68bd917b3d23a88d77371",
+        "rev": "5a0b523f7759335164f1dead0e0815234a5fd9dc",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
         "owner": "bendlang",
         "repo": "bend",
-        "rev": "777ee0b55c485afdd7e68bd917b3d23a88d77371",
+        "rev": "5a0b523f7759335164f1dead0e0815234a5fd9dc",
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 519ffee..16a083e 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
   description = "ez: dependency tracking, lockfile and vendoring tool for Bend 2, written in Bend";
 
   inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
-  # the commit that packages bend 2.0.34 (the v2.0.34 tag packages 2.0.33)
+  # the commit that packages bend 2.0.35 (the v2.0.35 tag packages 2.0.34)
   inputs.bend = {
-    url = "github:bendlang/bend/777ee0b55c485afdd7e68bd917b3d23a88d77371";
+    url = "github:bendlang/bend/5a0b523f7759335164f1dead0e0815234a5fd9dc";
     inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
   };