diff --git a/packages/scripts/src/commands/app-data/convert/index.ts b/packages/scripts/src/commands/app-data/convert/index.ts
index 23e87d4bef..f08096ecd6 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/src/commands/app-data/convert/index.ts
+++ b/packages/scripts/src/commands/app-data/convert/index.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export default program
  */
 export class AppDataConverter {
   /** Change version to invalidate all underlying caches */
-  public version = 20231002.0;
+  public version = 20241104.0;
 
   public activeDeployment = ActiveDeployment.get();
 
diff --git a/packages/scripts/src/commands/app-data/convert/utils/app-data-string.utils.ts b/packages/scripts/src/commands/app-data/convert/utils/app-data-string.utils.ts
index 4190d78f08..ed5c224104 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/src/commands/app-data/convert/utils/app-data-string.utils.ts
+++ b/packages/scripts/src/commands/app-data/convert/utils/app-data-string.utils.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ export function extractDynamicDependencies(dynamicFields: FlowTypes.TemplateRow[
 }
 
 // Standardise newline characters within a string (i.e. replace "\r\n" (CRLF) with "\n" (LF))
+// also replace any remaining \r with \n (https://github.com/IDEMSInternational/open-app-builder/issues/2499)
 export function standardiseNewlines(str: string) {
-  return str.replace(/\\r\\n/g, "\\n");
+  return str.replace(/\\r\\n/g, "\\n").replace(/\\r/g, "\\n");
 }