diff --git a/runtime-light/components/confdata/confdata-component.cpp b/runtime-light/components/confdata/confdata-component.cpp
index ae3c1f08a0..6103197fd9 100644
--- a/runtime-light/components/confdata/confdata-component.cpp
+++ b/runtime-light/components/confdata/confdata-component.cpp
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ VISIBILITY_DEFAULT const ImageInfo* k2_describe() {
                                         .is_oneshot = 0,
                                         .build_timestamp = KPHP_CONFDATA_BUILD_TIMESTAMP,
                                         .header_h_version = K2_PLATFORM_HEADER_H_VERSION,
-                                        .version = "1.0.0",
+                                        .version = "1.0.1",
                                         .extra_info_size = extra_info.size(),
                                         .extra_info = extra_info.data()};
   return std::addressof(image_info);
diff --git a/runtime-light/components/confdata/state/instance-state.cpp b/runtime-light/components/confdata/state/instance-state.cpp
index ffe39e907e..d43c7999e8 100644
--- a/runtime-light/components/confdata/state/instance-state.cpp
+++ b/runtime-light/components/confdata/state/instance-state.cpp
@@ -344,6 +344,8 @@ auto InstanceState::accept_loop() noexcept -> kphp::coro::task<> {
 }
 
 auto InstanceState::serve_reader_lease(kphp::component::stream reader_stream) noexcept -> kphp::coro::task<> {
+  // Outlive the connection, whose destructor unregisters the handler capturing this event.
+  kphp::coro::event reader_disconnected{};
   auto connection{kphp::component::connection::from_stream(std::move(reader_stream))};
   if (!connection) [[unlikely]] {
     co_return kphp::log::warning("failed to create a confdata reader connection: error -> {}", connection.error());
@@ -353,6 +355,10 @@ auto InstanceState::serve_reader_lease(kphp::component::stream reader_stream) no
     co_return kphp::log::warning("can't serve a confdata reader lease: can't find confdata piece");
   }
 
+  if (const auto registered{connection->register_abort_handler([&reader_disconnected] noexcept { reader_disconnected.set(); })}; !registered) [[unlikely]] {
+    co_return kphp::log::warning("failed to watch a confdata reader connection: error -> {}", registered.error());
+  }
+
   reader_session session{*this, std::prev(m_confdata_pieces.end())};
   kphp::log::debug("issuing reader lease: sample -> {}, sections -> {}", session.sample_id(),
                    m_confdata_pieces.back().storage().values(session.sample_id()).size());
@@ -364,10 +370,6 @@ auto InstanceState::serve_reader_lease(kphp::component::stream reader_stream) no
     co_return kphp::log::warning("failed to write a confdata reader lease: error -> {}", written.error());
   }
 
-  kphp::coro::event reader_disconnected{};
-  if (const auto registered{connection->register_abort_handler([&reader_disconnected] noexcept { reader_disconnected.set(); })}; !registered) [[unlikely]] {
-    co_return kphp::log::warning("failed to watch a confdata reader connection: error -> {}", registered.error());
-  }
   co_await reader_disconnected;
 }