diff --git a/plugin-catalog/tool-slimmer.yaml b/plugin-catalog/tool-slimmer.yaml
index df9b67ed32..4fe7ce327e 100644
--- a/plugin-catalog/tool-slimmer.yaml
+++ b/plugin-catalog/tool-slimmer.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 name: tool-slimmer
 repo: https://github.com/aliasocracy/hermes-tool-slimmer
-sha: 3128c8fe3c27694c7d2f2dd16e5d639cf65b63f6
+sha: 1b90aa592f7423233ea6cdfd44c7188e14ca7ccf
 description: Reduce Hermes tool-schema overhead and show selector savings in the dashboard.
 maintainer: aliasocracy
 tier: community
 category: tools
+requires_hermes: ">=0.19"
 docs_url: https://github.com/aliasocracy/hermes-tool-slimmer#readme
+version: "0.8.0"
 capabilities:
   provides_tools:
   - tool_slimmer_hydrate_tools
@@ -14,5 +16,6 @@ capabilities:
   - tool_slimmer_status
   provides_hooks:
   - pre_llm_call
-  provides_middleware: []
+  provides_middleware:
+  - llm_request
   requires_env: []