diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 42fc270..5573f55 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with: &specification-checkout
           repository: OpenStatSpec/specification
-          ref: 6b9d1fc38f2f083c0ac5cf1c64874a6d07b95045
+          ref: 7edcad38470fffebfe2306f22fdecb6892f8eece
           path: openstatspec-specification
       - name: Checkout required SPSS engine
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 905a62d..7595b8e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           repository: OpenStatSpec/specification
-          ref: 6b9d1fc38f2f083c0ac5cf1c64874a6d07b95045
+          ref: 7edcad38470fffebfe2306f22fdecb6892f8eece
           path: openstatspec-specification
       - name: Checkout required SPSS engine
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
diff --git a/src/openstatspec/sql/capabilities.py b/src/openstatspec/sql/capabilities.py
index 5681b5f..0620623 100644
--- a/src/openstatspec/sql/capabilities.py
+++ b/src/openstatspec/sql/capabilities.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from .profiles import profile_for_url
 from ..core import UnsupportedOperationError
 
-SPECIFICATION_COMMIT = "6b9d1fc38f2f083c0ac5cf1c64874a6d07b95045"
+SPECIFICATION_COMMIT = "7edcad38470fffebfe2306f22fdecb6892f8eece"
 SPECIFICATION_RELEASE: str | None = None
 
 SERVER_POLICIES = {
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 1d6212a..b8fcfb4 100755
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def test_capability_matrix_is_public_and_cli_matches_engine_boundary(capsys) ->
     matrix = openstatspec.capability_matrix()
     assert matrix["specification_status"] == "release_candidate"
     assert matrix["specification_release"] is None
-    assert matrix["specification_commit"] == "6b9d1fc38f2f083c0ac5cf1c64874a6d07b95045"
+    assert matrix["specification_commit"] == "7edcad38470fffebfe2306f22fdecb6892f8eece"
     assert matrix["directions"] == ["import", "export", "semantic_round_trip"]
     assert matrix["active_connection"] is None
     assert matrix["engine"]["package"] == "openstatspec-pyspssio"
diff --git a/tests/test_sql_workflow.py b/tests/test_sql_workflow.py
index fe2adfe..393afe1 100644
--- a/tests/test_sql_workflow.py
+++ b/tests/test_sql_workflow.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import hashlib
 import json
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import rfc8785
@@ -21,6 +22,28 @@
 from openstatspec.sql.wide import create_wide_dataset
 
 
+def _workflow_conformance_manifest() -> Path:
+    configured = os.environ.get("OPENSTATSPEC_SPECIFICATION_DIR")
+    candidates = [
+        (
+            Path(configured)
+            / "conformance/sql-transformation-workflow-0.1.json"
+            if configured else None
+        ),
+        Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+        / "openstatspec-specification/conformance/sql-transformation-workflow-0.1.json",
+        Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
+        / "specification/conformance/sql-transformation-workflow-0.1.json",
+    ]
+    for candidate in candidates:
+        if candidate and candidate.is_file():
+            return candidate
+    raise RuntimeError(
+        "The SQL transformation conformance fixture is required; "
+        "set OPENSTATSPEC_SPECIFICATION_DIR."
+    )
+
+
 def _variables():
     return [
         {
@@ -541,10 +564,9 @@ def test_scope_aware_ctes_merge_with_parent_and_shadowing_fails(catalog):
 
 
 def test_definition_hash_matches_every_normative_conformance_vector():
-    manifest = json.loads((
-        Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
-        / "specification/conformance/sql-transformation-workflow-0.1.json"
-    ).read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+    manifest = json.loads(
+        _workflow_conformance_manifest().read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    )
     for case in manifest["cases"]:
         actual = _definition_hash(
             transformation_id=case["transformation_id"],