diff --git a/etc/package.json b/etc/package.json
index 7c2a7150..f9e84b3e 100644
--- a/etc/package.json
+++ b/etc/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "archivebox",
-  "version": "0.9.34rc39",
+  "version": "0.9.34rc40",
   "repository": "github:ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e50046ba..394c32dd 100755
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "archivebox"
-version = "0.9.34rc39"
+version = "0.9.34rc40"
 requires-python = ">=3.13"
 description = "Self-hosted internet archiving solution."
 authors = [{name = "Nick Sweeting", email = "pyproject.toml@archivebox.io"}]
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ dependencies = [
     ### Extractor dependencies (optional binaries detected at runtime via shutil.which)
     ### Binary/Package Management
     "abxbus==2.5.9",          # EventBus API
-    "abxpkg>=1.11.158",        # for: detecting, versioning, and installing binaries via apt/brew/pip/npm
-    "abx-plugins>=1.11.158",  # shared ArchiveBox plugin package with Chrome/Puppeteer dependency wiring
-    "abx-dl>=1.11.158",       # shared ArchiveBox downloader package with blocking install preflight
+    "abxpkg>=1.11.159",        # for: detecting, versioning, and installing binaries via apt/brew/pip/npm
+    "abx-plugins>=1.11.159",  # shared ArchiveBox plugin package with Chrome/Puppeteer dependency wiring
+    "abx-dl>=1.11.159",       # shared ArchiveBox downloader package with blocking install preflight
     ### UUID7 backport for Python <3.14
     "uuid7>=0.1.0; python_version < '3.14'",  # provides the uuid_extensions module on Python 3.13
 ]