diff --git a/.README.bbcode b/.README.bbcode
index d396e0e..c4a2c0d 100644
--- a/.README.bbcode
+++ b/.README.bbcode
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ $ installJRMC --help
 --compat
     Build/install MC without minimum dependency version requirements.
 --mcversion VERSION
-    Specify the MC version, ex. "33", "35.0.24", or "35.0.24-1" (default: latest).
+    Specify the MC version, ex. "33", "35.0.27", or "35.0.27-1" (default: latest).
 --arch ARCH
     Specify the target MC architecture, ex. "amd64", "arm64", etc (default: host architecture).
 --mcrepo REPO
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ Install the latest version of MC33 from the best available repository with debug
 Install a more widely-compatible version of the latest MC version.
 [code]installJRMC --install repo --service jriver-mediacenter --service-type user[/code]
 Install MC from the repository and start/enable jriver-mediacenter.service as a user service.
-[code]installJRMC --install local --compat --restorefile /path/to/license.mjr --mcversion 35.0.24[/code]
-Build and install an MC 35.0.24 comptability RPM locally and activate it using the [tt]/path/to/license.mjr[/tt].
+[code]installJRMC --install local --compat --restorefile /path/to/license.mjr --mcversion 35.0.27[/code]
+Build and install an MC 35.0.27 comptability RPM locally and activate it using the [tt]/path/to/license.mjr[/tt].
 [code]installJRMC --createrepo --createrepo-webroot /srv/jriver/repo --createrepo-user www-user[/code]
 Build an RPM locally for the current distro, move it to the webroot, and run createrepo as www-user.
 [code]installJRMC --service jriver-createrepo --createrepo-webroot /srv/jriver/repo --createrepo-user www-user[/code]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 726d5e1..f1226ab 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ $ installJRMC --help
 --compat
     Build/install MC without minimum dependency version requirements.
 --mcversion VERSION
-    Build or install a specific MC version, ex. "35.0.24" or "33" (default: latest).
+    Build or install a specific MC version, ex. "35.0.27" or "33" (default: latest).
 --mcrepo REPO
     Specify the MC repository, ex. "bullseye", "bookworm", "noble", etc (default: latest official).
 --arch ARCH
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ Multiple services (but not `--service-types`) can be installed at one time using
 
     Install MC from the repository and start/enable `jriver-mediacenter.service` as a user service.
 
-* `installJRMC --install local --compat --restorefile /path/to/license.mjr --mcversion 35.0.24`
+* `installJRMC --install local --compat --restorefile /path/to/license.mjr --mcversion 35.0.27`
 
-    Build and install an MC 35.0.24 compatibility RPM locally and activate it using the `/path/to/license.mjr`.
+    Build and install an MC 35.0.27 compatibility RPM locally and activate it using the `/path/to/license.mjr`.
 
 * `installJRMC --createrepo --createrepo-webroot /srv/jriver/repo --createrepo-user www-user`
 
diff --git a/installJRMC b/installJRMC
index b5e2e2d..732710e 100755
--- a/installJRMC
+++ b/installJRMC
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
 shopt -s extglob
 
 declare -g SCRIPT_VERSION="1.35.6-dev"
-declare -g MC_VERSION_HARDCODE="35.0.24" # do find all replace
+declare -g MC_VERSION_HARDCODE="35.0.27" # do find all replace
 declare -g MC_REPO_HARDCODE="bookworm" # should match the MC_VERSION_HARDCODE
-declare -g BOARD_ID="92.0" # MC35 board ID for legacy latest version detection
+declare -g BOARD_ID="92.0" # MC35 board ID for fallback latest version detection
 declare -gi SELF_UPDATE_SWITCH=1 # 0 to disable installJRMC self-update
 declare -g SCRIPT_URL="https://git.bryanroessler.com/bryan/installJRMC/raw/branch/master/installJRMC" # self-update URL
 # declare -g SCRIPT_URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cryobry/installJRMC/refs/heads/master/installJRMC" # backup URL