diff --git a/pwabuilder-sw.js b/pwabuilder-sw.js
index 246961bf..c9a03928 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 = '1.6.2-rc5';
+const appVersion = '1.6.2-rc6';
 
 // 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 36aef209..62d14992 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'] = "1.6.2-rc5"; //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'] = "1.6.2-rc6"; //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_maxi_2021-07.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)