diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a4677aad..d4b67ebb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "kiwix-js-pwa",
   "productName": "Kiwix JS PWA",
-  "version": "1.7.5E",
+  "version": "1.7.6",
   "description": "Kiwix JS PWA packaged for the Electron framework",
   "main": "main.js",
   "build": {
diff --git a/pwabuilder-sw.js b/pwabuilder-sw.js
index f313ac4e..81974ec7 100644
--- a/pwabuilder-sw.js
+++ b/pwabuilder-sw.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // App version number - ENSURE IT MATCHES VALUE IN init.js
 // DEV: Changing this will cause the browser to recognize that the Service Worker has changed, and it will download and
 // install a new copy
-const appVersion = '1.7.5';
+const appVersion = '1.7.6';
 
 // Kiwix ZIM Archive Download Server in regex form
 // DEV: The server URL is defined in init.js, but is not available to us in SW
diff --git a/www/js/init.js b/www/js/init.js
index 9798471f..2d880b8e 100644
--- a/www/js/init.js
+++ b/www/js/init.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ var params = {};
  */
 var appstate = {};
 /******** UPDATE VERSION IN pwabuilder-sw.js TO MATCH VERSION AND CHECK PWASERVER BELOW!!!!!!! *******/
-params['version'] = "1.7.5"; //DEV: Manually update this version when there is a new release: it is compared to the Settings Store "version" in order to show first-time info, and the cookie is updated in app.js
+params['version'] = "1.7.6"; //DEV: Manually update this version when there is a new release: it is compared to the Settings Store "version" 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') || "wikipedia_en_100_nopic_2021-09.zim"; //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)