diff --git a/package-github.appxmanifest b/package-github.appxmanifest
index 7d47cbfc..b90c3d77 100644
--- a/package-github.appxmanifest
+++ b/package-github.appxmanifest
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Package xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/foundation/windows10" xmlns:mp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/2014/phone/manifest" xmlns:uap="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/uap/windows10" xmlns:uap3="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/uap/windows10/3" xmlns:uap5="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/uap/windows10/5" IgnorableNamespaces="uap mp uap3 uap5">
-  <Identity Name="Kiwix.KiwixJS" Version="3.2.4.0" Publisher="CN=Association Kiwix, O=Association Kiwix, L=Lausanne, C=CH" />
+  <Identity Name="Kiwix.KiwixJS" Version="3.2.42.0" Publisher="CN=Association Kiwix, O=Association Kiwix, L=Lausanne, C=CH" />
   <mp:PhoneIdentity PhoneProductId="9983be8d-4e36-4018-bfb3-5170659bf447" PhonePublisherId="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" />
   <Properties>
     <DisplayName>Kiwix JS</DisplayName>
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f38f854f..330de55c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "kiwix-js-electron",
-  "version": "3.2.4-E",
+  "version": "3.2.42-E",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "kiwix-js-electron",
-      "version": "3.2.4-E",
+      "version": "3.2.42-E",
       "license": "CC0-1.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@types/fs-extra": "^9.0.11",
diff --git a/package.appxmanifest b/package.appxmanifest
index f8da286b..0a025112 100644
--- a/package.appxmanifest
+++ b/package.appxmanifest
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Package xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/foundation/windows10" xmlns:mp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/2014/phone/manifest" xmlns:uap="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/uap/windows10" xmlns:uap3="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/uap/windows10/3" xmlns:uap5="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/uap/windows10/5" IgnorableNamespaces="uap mp uap3 uap5">
-  <Identity Name="Kiwix.KiwixJS" Version="3.2.4.0" Publisher="CN=0A5438F5-EEA6-4300-9B77-E45BBD148885" />
+  <Identity Name="Kiwix.KiwixJS" Version="3.2.42.0" Publisher="CN=0A5438F5-EEA6-4300-9B77-E45BBD148885" />
   <mp:PhoneIdentity PhoneProductId="9983be8d-4e36-4018-bfb3-5170659bf447" PhonePublisherId="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" />
   <Properties>
     <DisplayName>Kiwix JS</DisplayName>
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3012fea6..15c76b66 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "kiwix-js-electron",
   "productName": "Kiwix JS Electron",
-  "version": "3.2.4-E",
+  "version": "3.2.42-E",
   "description": "Kiwix JS offline ZIM archive reader packaged for the Electron framework",
   "main": "main.cjs",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/package.json.nwjs b/package.json.nwjs
index 9f85a193..9445d73b 100644
--- a/package.json.nwjs
+++ b/package.json.nwjs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "kiwix_js_windows",
   "productName": "Kiwix JS Windows",
-  "version": "3.2.4-N",
+  "version": "3.2.42-N",
   "description": "Kiwix JS Windows for NWJS",
   "main": "index.html",
   "domain": "kiwix.js.windows",
diff --git a/service-worker.js b/service-worker.js
index cf1170ec..40be3120 100644
--- a/service-worker.js
+++ b/service-worker.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
  * download and install a new copy; we have to hard code this here because it is needed before any other file
  * is cached in APP_CACHE
  */
-const appVersion = '3.2.4';
+const appVersion = '3.2.42';
 
 /**
  * The name of the Cache API cache in which assets defined in regexpCachedContentTypes will be stored
diff --git a/www/js/init.js b/www/js/init.js
index 5c86e1bc..bec69a39 100644
--- a/www/js/init.js
+++ b/www/js/init.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ var params = {};
 var appstate = {};
 
 // ******** UPDATE VERSION IN service-worker.js TO MATCH VERSION AND CHECK PWASERVER BELOW!!!!!!! *******
-params['appVersion'] = '3.2.4'; // DEV: Manually update this version when there is a new release: it is compared to the Settings Store "appVersion" in order to show first-time info, and the cookie is updated in app.js
+params['appVersion'] = '3.2.42'; // DEV: Manually update this version when there is a new release: it is compared to the Settings Store "appVersion" in order to show first-time info, and the cookie is updated in app.js
 // ******* UPDATE THIS ^^^^^^ IN service worker AND PWA-SERVER BELOW !! ********************
 params['packagedFile'] = getSetting('packagedFile') || ''; // For packaged Kiwix JS (e.g. with Wikivoyage file), set this to the filename (for split files, give the first chunk *.zimaa) and place file(s) in default storage
 params['archivePath'] = 'archives'; // The directory containing the packaged archive(s) (relative to app's root directory)