diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-ci-healchecks.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-ci-healchecks.yml
index 661896aef..5b98580ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-ci-healchecks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-ci-healchecks.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Download side binaries
         env:
           ARCH: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
-          SHINKAI_NODE_VERSION: v0.7.8
+          SHINKAI_NODE_VERSION: v0.7.9
           OLLAMA_VERSION: v0.1.41
         run: |
           npx ts-node ./ci-scripts/download-side-binaries.ts
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/release-dev.yml
index 4155a2fb5..ffa9ce4f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-dev.yml
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Download side binaries
         env:
           ARCH: ${{ matrix.arch }}
-          SHINKAI_NODE_VERSION: v0.7.8
+          SHINKAI_NODE_VERSION: v0.7.9
           OLLAMA_VERSION: v0.1.41
         run: |
           npx ts-node ./ci-scripts/download-side-binaries.ts
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-prod.yml b/.github/workflows/release-prod.yml
index 582887731..62cc0b7cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-prod.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-prod.yml
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Download side binaries
         env:
           ARCH: ${{ matrix.arch }}
-          SHINKAI_NODE_VERSION: v0.7.8
+          SHINKAI_NODE_VERSION: v0.7.9
           OLLAMA_VERSION: v0.1.41
         run: |
           npx ts-node ./ci-scripts/download-side-binaries.ts
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 492aa35e1..51281bab3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ To get started first clone this repo:
 $ git clone https://github.com/dcSpark/shinkai-apps
 
 # Download side binaries. IE:
-ARCH="aarch64-apple-darwin" OLLAMA_VERSION="v0.1.41" SHINKAI_NODE_VERSION="v0.7.8" npx ts-node ./ci-scripts/download-side-binaries.ts
+ARCH="aarch64-apple-darwin" OLLAMA_VERSION="v0.1.41" SHINKAI_NODE_VERSION="v0.7.9" npx ts-node ./ci-scripts/download-side-binaries.ts
 ```
 
 Once you have done that simply use `npm` to compile/serve it yourself: