diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index f465a10..961913a 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # ── General ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 # PocketBase version to build (must match a published release tag, without the leading "v")
-PB_VERSION=0.39.8
+PB_VERSION=0.39.9
 
 # Name of the running container
 CONTAINER_NAME=pocketbase
diff --git a/Dockerfile.root b/Dockerfile.root
index 5851853..061172c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.root
+++ b/Dockerfile.root
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # ---- build stage: fetch + verify + unzip PocketBase ----
 FROM alpine:3.22 AS build
 
-ARG PB_VERSION=0.39.8
+ARG PB_VERSION=0.39.9
 # provided automatically by buildx (e.g. amd64, arm64)
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile.rootless b/Dockerfile.rootless
index d48bee3..4b55d93 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.rootless
+++ b/Dockerfile.rootless
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # ---- build stage: fetch + verify + unzip PocketBase ----
 FROM alpine:3.22 AS build
 
-ARG PB_VERSION=0.39.8
+ARG PB_VERSION=0.39.9
 # provided automatically by buildx (e.g. amd64, arm64)
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.root.yml b/docker-compose.root.yml
index 2bf36e9..9a493f4 100644
--- a/docker-compose.root.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.root.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ services:
       dockerfile: Dockerfile.root
       args:
         # PocketBase version to bake into the image (see .env)
-        PB_VERSION: ${PB_VERSION:-0.39.8}
-    image: pocketbase:${PB_VERSION:-0.39.8}-root
+        PB_VERSION: ${PB_VERSION:-0.39.9}
+    image: pocketbase:${PB_VERSION:-0.39.9}-root
     container_name: ${CONTAINER_NAME:-pocketbase}-root
     restart: unless-stopped
     environment:
diff --git a/docker-compose.rootless.yml b/docker-compose.rootless.yml
index 9b0180e..b17fe89 100644
--- a/docker-compose.rootless.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.rootless.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ services:
       dockerfile: Dockerfile.rootless
       args:
         # PocketBase version to bake into the image (see .env)
-        PB_VERSION: ${PB_VERSION:-0.39.8}
-    image: pocketbase:${PB_VERSION:-0.39.8}
+        PB_VERSION: ${PB_VERSION:-0.39.9}
+    image: pocketbase:${PB_VERSION:-0.39.9}
     container_name: ${CONTAINER_NAME:-pocketbase}
     restart: unless-stopped
     environment: