diff --git a/.README.bbcode b/.README.bbcode
index bbccbd1..f917083 100644
--- a/.README.bbcode
+++ b/.README.bbcode
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ $ installJRMC --help
 --compat
     Build/install MC locally without minimum dependency version requirements.
 --mcversion VERSION
-    Specify the MC version, ex. "35.0.74" or "35" (default: latest release).
+    Specify the MC version, ex. "35.0.78" or "35" (default: latest release).
 --arch ARCH
     Specify the target MC architecture, ex. "amd64", "arm64", etc (default: host).
 --mcrepo REPO
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ 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 35.0.74[/code]
-Build and install an MC 35.0.74 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 35.0.78[/code]
+Build and install an MC 35.0.78 comptability RPM locally and activate it using the [tt]/path/to/license.mjr[/tt].
 [code]installJRMC --createrepo --createrepo-webroot /srv/jriver/repo --webroot-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 --webroot-user www-user[/code]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 618459a..8857c70 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ OPTIONS
   --compat
     Build/install MC locally without minimum dependency version requirements.
   --mcversion VERSION
-    Specify the MC version, ex. "35.0.74" or "35" (default: latest release).
+    Specify the MC version, ex. "35.0.78" or "35" (default: latest release).
   --arch VERSION
     Specify the target MC architecture, ex. "amd64", "arm64", etc (default: host).
   --mcrepo REPO
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ Multiple services (but not `--service-types`) can be installed using multiple `-
 
     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 35.0.74`
+* `installJRMC --install local --compat --restorefile /path/to/license.mjr --mcversion 35.0.78`
 
-    Build and install an MC 35.0.74 compatibility RPM locally and activate it using the `/path/to/license.mjr`.
+    Build and install an MC 35.0.78 compatibility RPM locally and activate it using the `/path/to/license.mjr`.
 
 * `installJRMC --createrepo --createrepo-webroot /srv/jriver/repo --webroot-user www-user`
 
diff --git a/installJRMC b/installJRMC
index 7c21156..e6a56ef 100755
--- a/installJRMC
+++ b/installJRMC
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 shopt -s extglob
 
 declare -g SCRIPT_VERSION="1.35.17-dev"
-declare -g MC_VERSION_HARDCODE="35.0.74" # do find all replace
+declare -g MC_VERSION_HARDCODE="35.0.78" # 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 fallback latest version detection
 declare -gi SELF_UPDATE_SWITCH=1 # 0 to disable installJRMC self-update