diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e2308df4..31df6109 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: (MacOS) Update manifest
         if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
         run: |
-          python ./scripts/update-manifest.py --target darwin
+          python3 ./scripts/update-manifest.py --target darwin
           # remove unused manifests
           rm manifests/update-linux.json manifests/update-windows.json
 
diff --git a/.releaserc.json b/.releaserc.json
index cdd882ff..8b56a708 100644
--- a/.releaserc.json
+++ b/.releaserc.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     [
       "@semantic-release/exec",
       {
-        "prepareCmd": "python ./scripts/update-manifest.py --target all --version ${nextRelease.version} --notes \"${nextRelease.notes}\""
+        "prepareCmd": "python3 ./scripts/update-manifest.py --target all --version ${nextRelease.version} --notes \"${nextRelease.notes}\""
       }
     ],
     [
diff --git a/scripts/update-manifest.py b/scripts/update-manifest.py
index 767a6d61..07bc9bab 100755
--- a/scripts/update-manifest.py
+++ b/scripts/update-manifest.py
@@ -100,11 +100,23 @@ def update_target(target):
 if target in ["windows", "all"]:
     update_target("windows")
 
-#update toml
-# if version:
-#     new_version = []
-#     with open("./src-tauri/Cargo.toml", "r") as f:
-#         new_version = f.readlines()
-#         new_version[2] = f'version = "{version}"\n'
-#     with open("./src-tauri/Cargo.toml", "w") as f:
-#         f.writelines(new_version)
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+
+if version:
+    # update package.json
+    package_json = json.loads(Path("./package.json").read_text())
+    package_json["version"] = version
+    Path("./package.json").write_text(json.dumps(package_json, indent=2))
+
+    # update tauri.conf.json
+    package_json = json.loads(Path("./src-tauri/tauri.conf.json").read_text())
+    package_json["package"]["version"] = version
+    Path("./src-tauri/tauri.conf.json").write_text(json.dumps(package_json, indent=2))
+
+    #update toml
+    #todo: this invalidates the cache
+    # new_version = []
+    # with open("./src-tauri/Cargo.toml", "r") as f:
+    #     new_version = f.readlines()
+    #     new_version[2] = f'version = "{version}"\n'
+    # with open("./src-tauri/Cargo.toml", "w") as f:
+    #     f.writelines(new_version)
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