diff --git a/graphify/cache.py b/graphify/cache.py
index 03b158d09..a5e4f1378 100644
--- a/graphify/cache.py
+++ b/graphify/cache.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ except Exception:
     _EXTRACTOR_VERSION = "unknown"
 
 # Bump when AST cache-key semantics change independently of the package version.
-_AST_CACHE_SCHEMA = 11  # Python property-accessor decorators / `Self`, Swift `Self`, Go generic type params no longer mint sourceless stubs; Python forward type-hint keeps the file node; PowerShell dot-source paths and script-scope calls; C# recovers members past a verbatim-interpolated escaped-quote string; prior (10): C# partial types carry `type_path`; (9): Python property-read raw calls and `_py_property` nodes; (8): Rust `use`-group per-binding edges; (7): Python opaque-base/super(args) markers + nested-class enclosing ids.
+_AST_CACHE_SCHEMA = 12  # Java inherited-supertype (`receiver_unbound`) and chained/new/cast receiver typing (`java_receiver_chain`, `_java_ret`); C/C++ quoted cross-directory include provenance (`include_kind`); JS external imports anchored to the package, not the path leaf; prior (11): Python property-accessor decorators / `Self`, Swift `Self`, Go generic type params, Python forward type-hint file node, PowerShell dot-source, C# verbatim-interpolated string recovery; (10): C# partial types carry `type_path`; (9): Python property-read raw calls and `_py_property` nodes; (8): Rust `use`-group per-binding edges; (7): Python opaque-base/super(args) markers + nested-class enclosing ids.
 
 
 # Per-process memo: distributions() scans site-packages metadata, which is