diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 27ee953..f07932f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,9 +79,13 @@ structurally impossible.
 
 **Only the dbt template's `ci` target is prefixed.** `g3dt config dbt-env`
 emits, alongside the real names, the CI-isolation variants the template's
-`ci` target consumes: `G3DT_DB_SILVER_CI` / `G3DT_DB_GOLD_CI`
-(`ci_` + the real database name) and `G3DT_S3_SILVER_DATA_DIR_CI` /
-`G3DT_S3_GOLD_DATA_DIR_CI` (`dbt_ci/` under the same buckets). Toolkit
+`ci` target consumes: `G3DT_DB_BRONZE_CI` / `G3DT_DB_SILVER_CI` /
+`G3DT_DB_GOLD_CI` (`ci_` + the real database name) and
+`G3DT_S3_BRONZE_DATA_DIR_CI` / `G3DT_S3_SILVER_DATA_DIR_CI` /
+`G3DT_S3_GOLD_DATA_DIR_CI` (`dbt_ci/` under the same buckets). Bronze can be
+dbt-managed from gen3-dbt-template's synthetic-data revision onwards; a
+pipeline deployment >= v2.1.0 provides the matching `ci_..._bronze_db` Glue
+database. Toolkit
 releases >= 3 read the raw-free medallion SSM keys and therefore require a
 pipeline deployment >= v2.0.0, which publishes them. Commit-
 triggered CI builds land there; every other target (default, local) and the
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dda10fe..3f2d92b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "gen3-dataops-toolkit"
-version = "3.0.0"
+version = "3.1.0"
 description = "Gen3 DataOps toolkit (g3dt): operate SSM-published Gen3 data pipeline environments"
 authors = ["JoshuaHarris391 <harjo391@gmail.com>"]
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/src/g3dt/cli/config_cmds.py b/src/g3dt/cli/config_cmds.py
index 265a9ec..49808c9 100644
--- a/src/g3dt/cli/config_cmds.py
+++ b/src/g3dt/cli/config_cmds.py
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ def dbt_env(
         gold_db = _req_key(rc, "glue/db/gold")
         silver_bucket = _req_key(rc, "buckets/silver")
         gold_bucket = _req_key(rc, "buckets/gold")
+        bronze_bucket = _req_key(rc, "buckets/bronze")
         bronze_db = _req_key(rc, "glue/db/bronze")
     except config.ConfigError as exc:
         typer.secho(str(exc), fg=typer.colors.RED, err=True)
@@ -245,13 +246,16 @@ def dbt_env(
         "G3DT_DB_BRONZE": bronze_db,
         "G3DT_DB_SILVER": silver_db,
         "G3DT_DB_GOLD": gold_db,
+        "G3DT_S3_BRONZE_DATA_DIR": f"s3://{bronze_bucket}/dbt/",
         "G3DT_S3_SILVER_DATA_DIR": f"s3://{silver_bucket}/dbt/",
         "G3DT_S3_GOLD_DATA_DIR": f"s3://{gold_bucket}/dbt/",
         # CI isolation: the dbt template's `ci` target builds into these
         # instead — same grammar as the CDK's ci_ databases, same buckets
         # under a dbt_ci/ prefix. Real names above are never prefixed.
+        "G3DT_DB_BRONZE_CI": f"ci_{bronze_db}",
         "G3DT_DB_SILVER_CI": f"ci_{silver_db}",
         "G3DT_DB_GOLD_CI": f"ci_{gold_db}",
+        "G3DT_S3_BRONZE_DATA_DIR_CI": f"s3://{bronze_bucket}/dbt_ci/",
         "G3DT_S3_SILVER_DATA_DIR_CI": f"s3://{silver_bucket}/dbt_ci/",
         "G3DT_S3_GOLD_DATA_DIR_CI": f"s3://{gold_bucket}/dbt_ci/",
     }
diff --git a/tests/test_release_cmds.py b/tests/test_release_cmds.py
index 51f3a16..648112e 100644
--- a/tests/test_release_cmds.py
+++ b/tests/test_release_cmds.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ def _seed(project="etl", env="test"):
         "buckets/metadata": f"{project}-{env}-metadata-{ACCOUNT}-{REGION}",
         "buckets/silver": f"{project}-{env}-silver-{ACCOUNT}-{REGION}",
         "buckets/gold": f"{project}-{env}-gold-{ACCOUNT}-{REGION}",
+        "buckets/bronze": f"{project}-{env}-bronze-{ACCOUNT}-{REGION}",
         "glue/db/bronze": f"{project}_{env}_bronze_db",
         "glue/db/silver": f"{project}_{env}_silver_db",
         "glue/db/gold": f"{project}_{env}_gold_db",
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ def test_config_dbt_env_emits_every_dbt_setting():
     """
     Inputs:  g3dt config dbt-env --env test
     Expected Output: shell-evaluable `export` lines carrying the workgroup,
-    Athena output, region, bronze/silver/gold DBs and the silver/gold
+    Athena output, region, bronze/silver/gold DBs and the bronze/silver/gold
     s3_data_dir values — the full env_var() contract of the dbt template.
     """
     _seed()
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ def test_config_dbt_env_emits_every_dbt_setting():
     assert "export G3DT_DB_BRONZE=etl_test_bronze_db" in out
     assert "export G3DT_DB_SILVER=etl_test_silver_db" in out
     assert "export G3DT_DB_GOLD=etl_test_gold_db" in out
+    assert f"export G3DT_S3_BRONZE_DATA_DIR=s3://etl-test-bronze-{ACCOUNT}-{REGION}/dbt/" in out
     assert f"export G3DT_S3_SILVER_DATA_DIR=s3://etl-test-silver-{ACCOUNT}-{REGION}/dbt/" in out
     assert f"export G3DT_S3_GOLD_DATA_DIR=s3://etl-test-gold-{ACCOUNT}-{REGION}/dbt/" in out
     # no profile configured -> ambient credentials and the default dbt target
@@ -228,11 +230,14 @@ def test_config_dbt_env_emits_ci_isolation_vars():
     result = runner.invoke(app, ["config", "dbt-env", "--env", "test"])
     assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
     out = result.output
+    assert "export G3DT_DB_BRONZE_CI=ci_etl_test_bronze_db" in out
     assert "export G3DT_DB_SILVER_CI=ci_etl_test_silver_db" in out
     assert "export G3DT_DB_GOLD_CI=ci_etl_test_gold_db" in out
+    assert f"export G3DT_S3_BRONZE_DATA_DIR_CI=s3://etl-test-bronze-{ACCOUNT}-{REGION}/dbt_ci/" in out
     assert f"export G3DT_S3_SILVER_DATA_DIR_CI=s3://etl-test-silver-{ACCOUNT}-{REGION}/dbt_ci/" in out
     assert f"export G3DT_S3_GOLD_DATA_DIR_CI=s3://etl-test-gold-{ACCOUNT}-{REGION}/dbt_ci/" in out
     # the real names remain unprefixed
+    assert "export G3DT_DB_BRONZE=etl_test_bronze_db" in out
     assert "export G3DT_DB_SILVER=etl_test_silver_db" in out
     assert "export G3DT_DB_GOLD=etl_test_gold_db" in out