diff --git a/common/pawletos.xml b/common/pawletos.xml
index fb7b453..4255b85 100644
--- a/common/pawletos.xml
+++ b/common/pawletos.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
   <!-- Framework API Extensions -->
   <project path="vendor/pawlet/frameworks/pawlet" name="PawletOS/frameworks_pawlet" remote="oxmc_git" revision="main" />
 
+  <!-- Recovery — stock bootable/recovery stays unforked, TWRP GUI/toolkit plug in via
+       vendor/pawlet/recovery_ui + vendor/pawlet/recovery_toolkit (already synced as part of
+       vendor/pawlet below, no separate project needed). See NOTES-ota-recovery-ab.md. -->
+  <project path="external/update_binary" name="PawletOS/external_update_binary" remote="oxmc_git" revision="android-16.0" />
   <!-- Vendor (HALs, system apps, etc.) -->
   <project path="vendor/pawlet" name="PawletOS/android_vendor_pawlet" remote="oxmc_git" revision="android-16.0" />