diff --git a/RELEASE_README.md b/RELEASE_README.md
index 2585b2f..fb4238c 100644
--- a/RELEASE_README.md
+++ b/RELEASE_README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # PristonTale EU for Linux
 
-Version 0.9.7 installs, updates, repairs, and launches PristonTale EU through a
+Version 0.9.8 installs, updates, repairs, and launches PristonTale EU through a
 native Linux dashboard. Game files come directly from the publisher and are not
 included in this archive.
 
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ Then run:
 ```text
 openssl pkey -pubin -in launcher-update-public.pem -outform DER | sha256sum
 openssl dgst -sha256 -verify launcher-update-public.pem \
-  -signature pristontale-eu-linux-installer-v0-9-7.tar.gz.sig \
-  pristontale-eu-linux-installer-v0-9-7.tar.gz
-sha256sum -c pristontale-eu-linux-installer-v0-9-7.tar.gz.sha256
-tar -xzf pristontale-eu-linux-installer-v0-9-7.tar.gz
-cd pristontale-eu-linux-installer-v0-9-7
+  -signature pristontale-eu-linux-installer-v0-9-8.tar.gz.sig \
+  pristontale-eu-linux-installer-v0-9-8.tar.gz
+sha256sum -c pristontale-eu-linux-installer-v0-9-8.tar.gz.sha256
+tar -xzf pristontale-eu-linux-installer-v0-9-8.tar.gz
+cd pristontale-eu-linux-installer-v0-9-8
 ./install.sh
 ```
 
diff --git a/ptlinux/__init__.py b/ptlinux/__init__.py
index 1f59772..0e06255 100644
--- a/ptlinux/__init__.py
+++ b/ptlinux/__init__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ from .paths import AppPaths
 
 __all__ = ["AppPaths", "__version__"]
 
-__version__ = "0.9.7"
+__version__ = "0.9.8"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3597ca0..e8ebb61 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "PTEU-Linux-Launcher"
-version = "0.9.7"
+version = "0.9.8"
 description = "PristonTale EU Linux installer, clean launcher, and diagnostic harness"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = []
diff --git a/updates/stable.json b/updates/stable.json
index 72bf738..5ce2a80 100644
--- a/updates/stable.json
+++ b/updates/stable.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
-  "archive_sha256": "d74025d04cee7dd5acbd331e58f794913604d351ec0ccb849059ffd774f9f03a",
-  "archive_size": 1440607,
-  "archive_url": "https://git.m4ko.net/m4ko/pristontale-eu-linux/releases/download/v0.9.7/pristontale-eu-linux-update-v0.9.7.tar.gz",
+  "archive_sha256": "4be27ca9320f4996d517b6259ac17c8bb668e918bfba7c844fed908e2ab67381",
+  "archive_size": 1444186,
+  "archive_url": "https://git.m4ko.net/m4ko/pristontale-eu-linux/releases/download/v0.9.8/pristontale-eu-linux-update-v0.9.8.tar.gz",
   "channel": "stable",
   "minimum_updater_version": "0.5.0",
-  "notes_url": "https://git.m4ko.net/m4ko/pristontale-eu-linux/releases/tag/v0.9.7",
-  "published_at": "2026-09-07T20:21:15Z",
+  "notes_url": "https://git.m4ko.net/m4ko/pristontale-eu-linux/releases/tag/v0.9.8",
+  "published_at": "2026-09-08T20:49:27Z",
   "schema": 1,
-  "version": "0.9.7"
+  "version": "0.9.8"
 }
diff --git a/updates/stable.json.sig b/updates/stable.json.sig
index ef79129..895592a 100644
Binary files a/updates/stable.json.sig and b/updates/stable.json.sig differ