diff --git a/cabal.project b/cabal.project
index 0648c8b3e5..897de4e90b 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: 5eecd99bc2450705dfdc4982bb3604cc4942a51a
+    tag: 38fdc0c544ac950c0662ebb16f278a31805fb81a
 
 source-repository-package
     type: git
diff --git a/scripts/nix/sha256map.nix b/scripts/nix/sha256map.nix
index 074cf7123b..0ef8572f59 100644
--- a/scripts/nix/sha256map.nix
+++ b/scripts/nix/sha256map.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq.git"."5eecd99bc2450705dfdc4982bb3604cc4942a51a" = "08jwx1inj96dgbq9vwry9fcprx9sjf9w2a7d4cdfbrfp2xwv52kg";
+  "https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq.git"."38fdc0c544ac950c0662ebb16f278a31805fb81a" = "1z7wa93vs62if34qkiyjlz63j4b2nlfa9qiay09c1cg0g5yblyqp";
   "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 ddecfced48..fe7a8dfb07 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:        7.1.0.8
+version:        7.1.0.9
 category:       Web, System, Services, Cryptography
 homepage:       https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat#readme
 author:         simplex.chat
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Remote.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Remote.hs
index 70c4943ea3..35e9d6d372 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Remote.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Remote.hs
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ remoteFilesFolder = "simplex_v1_files"
 
 -- when acting as host
 minRemoteCtrlVersion :: AppVersion
-minRemoteCtrlVersion = AppVersion [7, 1, 0, 5]
+minRemoteCtrlVersion = AppVersion [7, 1, 0, 9]
 
 -- when acting as controller
 minRemoteHostVersion :: AppVersion
-minRemoteHostVersion = AppVersion [7, 1, 0, 5]
+minRemoteHostVersion = AppVersion [7, 1, 0, 9]
 
 currentAppVersion :: AppVersion
 currentAppVersion = AppVersion SC.version