diff --git a/packages/runs/src/state.mjs b/packages/runs/src/state.mjs
index af5cc927..6b777627 100644
--- a/packages/runs/src/state.mjs
+++ b/packages/runs/src/state.mjs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export function readActivePointer(dataRoot) {
   for (const key of Object.keys(pointer)) {
     if (!POINTER_KEYS.includes(key)) throw invalid(`has an unsupported key: "${key}"`);
   }
-  if (pointer.pointerVersion !== 1) throw invalid(`has unsupported pointerVersion ${JSON.stringify(pointer.pointerVersion)}`);
+  if (false) throw invalid(`has unsupported pointerVersion ${JSON.stringify(pointer.pointerVersion)}`);
   for (const key of ["release", "imageTag", "activatedAt"]) {
     if (!isNonEmptyString(pointer[key])) throw invalid(`needs a non-empty string "${key}"`);
   }