diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 926bc9e..aadd1fe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- Respect root `.version` file for game version parsing
+
+### Changed
+
+- Prioritize parsed game version over the API response 
+
 ## [3.10.3] - 21.07.2024
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d8be201..d351aee 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ checksum = "5c6cb57a04249c6480766f7f7cef5467412af1490f8d1e243141daddada3264f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anime-game-core"
-version = "1.21.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/an-anime-team/anime-game-core?tag=1.21.3#c2aca11525dba74f7dd3ae4415a11c1764c5fa86"
+version = "1.22.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/an-anime-team/anime-game-core?tag=1.22.0#41a15f2f5620d281e22ccf2e7e68391c9d08cf5c"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bzip2",
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anime-launcher-sdk"
-version = "1.16.10"
-source = "git+https://github.com/an-anime-team/anime-launcher-sdk?tag=1.16.10#0603733f2bd7efb38255e1d24f4a33e7137c88f3"
+version = "1.17.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/an-anime-team/anime-launcher-sdk?tag=1.17.0#a17a0824344d24bf02de00aee71967b028c176bb"
 dependencies = [
  "anime-game-core",
  "anyhow",
@@ -488,24 +488,24 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cached"
-version = "0.52.0"
+version = "0.53.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a8466736fe5dbcaf8b8ee24f9bbefe43c884dc3e9ff7178da70f55bffca1133c"
+checksum = "b4d73155ae6b28cf5de4cfc29aeb02b8a1c6dab883cb015d15cd514e42766846"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "cached_proc_macro",
  "cached_proc_macro_types",
  "hashbrown",
- "instant",
  "once_cell",
  "thiserror",
+ "web-time",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cached_proc_macro"
-version = "0.22.0"
+version = "0.23.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "575f32e012222055211b70f5b0601f951f84523410a0e65c81f2744a6042450d"
+checksum = "2f42a145ed2d10dce2191e1dcf30cfccfea9026660e143662ba5eec4017d5daa"
 dependencies = [
  "darling",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -1500,9 +1500,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "human-panic"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a4c5d0e9120f6bca6120d142c7ede1ba376dd6bf276d69dd3dbe6cbeb7824179"
+checksum = "1c5a08ed290eac04006e21e63d32e90086b6182c7cd0452d10f4264def1fec9a"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
@@ -1565,15 +1565,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "instant"
-version = "0.1.13"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e0242819d153cba4b4b05a5a8f2a7e9bbf97b6055b2a002b395c96b5ff3c0222"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "intl-memoizer"
 version = "0.5.2"
@@ -2580,15 +2571,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sysinfo"
-version = "0.30.13"
+version = "0.31.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0a5b4ddaee55fb2bea2bf0e5000747e5f5c0de765e5a5ff87f4cd106439f4bb3"
+checksum = "d4115055da5f572fff541dd0c4e61b0262977f453cc9fe04be83aba25a89bdab"
 dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
  "core-foundation-sys",
  "libc",
+ "memchr",
  "ntapi",
- "once_cell",
  "rayon",
  "windows",
 ]
@@ -3076,6 +3066,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "web-time"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a6580f308b1fad9207618087a65c04e7a10bc77e02c8e84e9b00dd4b12fa0bb"
+dependencies = [
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "webpki-roots"
 version = "0.25.4"
@@ -3132,9 +3132,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows"
-version = "0.52.0"
+version = "0.57.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e48a53791691ab099e5e2ad123536d0fff50652600abaf43bbf952894110d0be"
+checksum = "12342cb4d8e3b046f3d80effd474a7a02447231330ef77d71daa6fbc40681143"
 dependencies = [
  "windows-core",
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
@@ -3142,9 +3142,43 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-core"
-version = "0.52.0"
+version = "0.57.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "33ab640c8d7e35bf8ba19b884ba838ceb4fba93a4e8c65a9059d08afcfc683d9"
+checksum = "d2ed2439a290666cd67ecce2b0ffaad89c2a56b976b736e6ece670297897832d"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-implement",
+ "windows-interface",
+ "windows-result",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-implement"
+version = "0.57.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9107ddc059d5b6fbfbffdfa7a7fe3e22a226def0b2608f72e9d552763d3e1ad7"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-interface"
+version = "0.57.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "29bee4b38ea3cde66011baa44dba677c432a78593e202392d1e9070cf2a7fca7"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-result"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5e383302e8ec8515204254685643de10811af0ed97ea37210dc26fb0032647f8"
 dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index df40979..e6e98b2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ glib-build-tools = "0.20"
 
 [dependencies.anime-launcher-sdk]
 git = "https://github.com/an-anime-team/anime-launcher-sdk"
-tag = "1.16.10"
+tag = "1.17.0"
 features = ["all", "genshin"]
 
 # path = "../anime-launcher-sdk" # ! for dev purposes only
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ whatadistro = "0.1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 lazy_static = "1.5.0"
-cached = { version = "0.52", features = ["proc_macro"] }
+cached = { version = "0.53", features = ["proc_macro"] }
 md-5 = { version = "0.10", features = ["asm"] }
 enum-ordinalize = "4.3"
 
@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
 fluent-templates = "0.9"
 unic-langid = "0.9"
 
-human-panic = "2.0.0"
+human-panic = "2.0.1"