diff --git a/cabal.project b/cabal.project
index 77e4ed838b..3e32dfcd5e 100644
--- a/cabal.project
+++ b/cabal.project
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ constraints: zip +disable-bzip2 +disable-zstd
 source-repository-package
     type: git
     location: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq.git
-    tag: ee2ff402fed4d27d31521570c910fe82e0cf116a
+    tag: b981dcb70b8c99dc3733a99b6c1dc0d0ef83a3f7
 
 source-repository-package
     type: git
diff --git a/scripts/nix/sha256map.nix b/scripts/nix/sha256map.nix
index f3bbf90b9f..3610906390 100644
--- a/scripts/nix/sha256map.nix
+++ b/scripts/nix/sha256map.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq.git"."ee2ff402fed4d27d31521570c910fe82e0cf116a" = "0vka1b2bbrjg4s8j3h6732kjqjbhji0l55pzggd89ginrdjln3fg";
+  "https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq.git"."b981dcb70b8c99dc3733a99b6c1dc0d0ef83a3f7" = "0wpri01w30rd3wwzw630yngnj9fmyb7rschl3ic1cjd926vpg9b7";
   "https://github.com/simplex-chat/hs-socks.git"."a30cc7a79a08d8108316094f8f2f82a0c5e1ac51" = "0yasvnr7g91k76mjkamvzab2kvlb1g5pspjyjn2fr6v83swjhj38";
   "https://github.com/simplex-chat/direct-sqlcipher.git"."f814ee68b16a9447fbb467ccc8f29bdd3546bfd9" = "1ql13f4kfwkbaq7nygkxgw84213i0zm7c1a8hwvramayxl38dq5d";
   "https://github.com/simplex-chat/sqlcipher-simple.git"."a46bd361a19376c5211f1058908fc0ae6bf42446" = "1z0r78d8f0812kxbgsm735qf6xx8lvaz27k1a0b4a2m0sshpd5gl";
diff --git a/simplex-chat.cabal b/simplex-chat.cabal
index 18fc93eede..4990dae942 100644
--- a/simplex-chat.cabal
+++ b/simplex-chat.cabal
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ cabal-version: 1.12
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:           simplex-chat
-version:        6.5.3.0
+version:        6.5.4.0
 category:       Web, System, Services, Cryptography
 homepage:       https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat#readme
 author:         simplex.chat