diff --git a/.env b/.env
index d7a67b73..86c1657e 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 APP_NAME="ghostfire"
 GITHUB_USER="firepress-org"
-APP_VERSION="5.87.3"
+APP_VERSION="5.88.3"
 
 ### function options
 CFG_USE_GPG_SIGNATURE="false"
diff --git a/v5/Dockerfile b/v5/Dockerfile
index 95b6eb0e..c8917b47 100755
--- a/v5/Dockerfile
+++ b/v5/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # 1a) ENV variables (core for all our projects at FirePress)
 # ----------------------------------------------
 ARG APP_NAME="ghostfire"
-ARG VERSION="5.87.3"
+ARG VERSION="5.88.3"
 
 ARG GITHUB_USER="firepress-org"
 ARG DEFAULT_BRANCH="master"