diff --git a/packages/tangle-cli/src/tangle_cli/__init__.py b/packages/tangle-cli/src/tangle_cli/__init__.py
index 1804ad6..3e558f9 100644
--- a/packages/tangle-cli/src/tangle_cli/__init__.py
+++ b/packages/tangle-cli/src/tangle_cli/__init__.py
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
 try:
     __version__ = metadata_version("tangle-cli")
 except PackageNotFoundError:
-    __version__ = "0.1.8"
+    __version__ = "0.1.9"
 
 __all__ = ["TangleDynamicDiscoveryClient", "__version__"]
diff --git a/packages/tangle-cli/src/tangle_cli/pipeline_hydrator.py b/packages/tangle-cli/src/tangle_cli/pipeline_hydrator.py
index 1a55d63..485aeeb 100644
--- a/packages/tangle-cli/src/tangle_cli/pipeline_hydrator.py
+++ b/packages/tangle-cli/src/tangle_cli/pipeline_hydrator.py
@@ -1157,6 +1157,7 @@ def _resolve_by_name_with_filters(
             search_names,
             verbose=False,
             published_by=publisher,
+            include_deprecated=bool(version_constraint),
         )
         if not candidates:
             self.log.info(f"   Resolve: no candidates for name={component_name}")
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2a64ca0..e0dba17 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "tangle-cli"
-version = "0.1.8"
+version = "0.1.9"
 description = "CLI for Tangle, the open-source ML pipeline orchestration platform"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [
diff --git a/tests/test_packaging.py b/tests/test_packaging.py
index 59c8b3e..5a9d414 100644
--- a/tests/test_packaging.py
+++ b/tests/test_packaging.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ def test_tangle_cli_wheel_supports_expert_no_deps_import_path_without_tangle_api
     requires_dist = [line for line in metadata.splitlines() if line.startswith("Requires-Dist: ")]
     assert not any(name.startswith("tangle_api/") for name in names)
     assert "tangle_cli/openapi/openapi.json" not in names
-    assert "Version: 0.1.8" in metadata
+    assert "Version: 0.1.9" in metadata
     assert "Requires-Dist: tangle-api==0.1.1" in requires_dist
     assert not any("extra == 'native'" in line for line in requires_dist)
     assert "Provides-Extra: native" in metadata
diff --git a/tests/test_pipelines_cli.py b/tests/test_pipelines_cli.py
index d9f001e..7b3378a 100644
--- a/tests/test_pipelines_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_pipelines_cli.py
@@ -1410,6 +1410,47 @@ def get_component_spec(self, digest):
             "components": ["Thing", "[Official] Thing"],
             "verbose": False,
             "published_by": "alice@example.com",
+            "include_deprecated": True,
+        }
+    ]
+
+
+def test_pipeline_hydrator_resolve_config_name_without_version_excludes_deprecated(
+    tmp_path: Path,
+):
+    from tangle_cli.pipeline_hydrator import PipelineHydrator
+
+    calls = []
+
+    class FakeClient:
+        def find_existing_components(self, components, **kwargs):
+            calls.append({"components": components, **kwargs})
+            return [SimpleNamespace(digest="sha256:active", version="2.0")]
+
+        def get_component_spec(self, digest):
+            assert digest == "sha256:active"
+            return SimpleNamespace(
+                data={
+                    "name": "Thing",
+                    "metadata": {"annotations": {"version": "2.0"}},
+                    "implementation": {"container": {"image": "active"}},
+                }
+            )
+
+    digest, spec = PipelineHydrator(client=FakeClient())._resolve_from_config(
+        {"name": "Thing"},
+        "Pipeline.task",
+        tmp_path,
+    )
+
+    assert digest == "sha256:active"
+    assert spec["implementation"]["container"]["image"] == "active"
+    assert calls == [
+        {
+            "components": ["Thing", "[Official] Thing"],
+            "verbose": False,
+            "published_by": None,
+            "include_deprecated": False,
         }
     ]
 
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 2a49bac..bc24095 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -2083,7 +2083,7 @@ requires-dist = [{ name = "pydantic", specifier = ">=2.0" }]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tangle-cli"
-version = "0.1.8"
+version = "0.1.9"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "cloud-pipelines" },