diff --git a/etc/package.json b/etc/package.json
index d25ae7e6..7bb8da3e 100644
--- a/etc/package.json
+++ b/etc/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "archivebox",
-  "version": "0.9.32rc17",
+  "version": "0.9.32rc18",
   "repository": "github:ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cb731a2c..a0a8e9c5 100755
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "archivebox"
-version = "0.9.32rc17"
+version = "0.9.32rc18"
 requires-python = ">=3.13"
 description = "Self-hosted internet archiving solution."
 authors = [{name = "Nick Sweeting", email = "pyproject.toml@archivebox.io"}]
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ dependencies = [
     ### Extractor dependencies (optional binaries detected at runtime via shutil.which)
     ### Binary/Package Management
     "abxbus==2.5.7",          # EventBus API
-    "abxpkg>=1.11.8",         # for: detecting, versioning, and installing binaries via apt/brew/pip/npm
+    "abxpkg>=1.11.9",         # for: detecting, versioning, and installing binaries via apt/brew/pip/npm
     "abx-plugins>=1.11.12",  # shared ArchiveBox plugin package with Chrome/Puppeteer dependency wiring
     "abx-dl>=1.11.12",       # shared ArchiveBox downloader package with blocking install preflight
     ### UUID7 backport for Python <3.14