diff --git a/copyparty/__version__.py b/copyparty/__version__.py
index 544c21ee..0db3b022 100644
--- a/copyparty/__version__.py
+++ b/copyparty/__version__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 
-VERSION = (1, 9, 25)
+VERSION = (1, 9, 26)
 CODENAME = "prometheable"
-BUILD_DT = (2023, 12, 1)
+BUILD_DT = (2023, 12, 8)
 
 S_VERSION = ".".join(map(str, VERSION))
 S_BUILD_DT = "{0:04d}-{1:02d}-{2:02d}".format(*BUILD_DT)
diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 62f857b2..8dcb845e 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀  
+# 2023-1201-2326  `v1.9.25`  focus
+
+## new features
+* remember and restore scroll position when leaving the textfile viewer
+
+## bugfixes
+* the request-smuggling detetcor was too strict, blocking access to textfiles with newlines / control-codes in the filename
+* focus and text selection in messageboxes was still jank, mainly in firefox and especially phones
+
+## other changes
+* the banhammer now applies on attempts at request-smuggling and path traversals
+  * these were merely detected and rejected before, might as well bonk them
+* reject bad requests with a terse 500 instead of abruptly disconnecting in some cases
+  * stops firefox from rapidly spamming additional attempts
+
+
+
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 # 2023-1201-0210  `v1.9.24`  header auth
 
diff --git a/scripts/pyinstaller/deps.sha512 b/scripts/pyinstaller/deps.sha512
index 6e831bc8..76406a04 100644
--- a/scripts/pyinstaller/deps.sha512
+++ b/scripts/pyinstaller/deps.sha512
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ ba91ab0518c61eff13e5612d9e6b532940813f6b56e6ed81ea6c7c4d45acee4d98136a383a250675
 8a6e2b13a2ec4ef914a5d62aad3db6464d45e525a82e07f6051ed10474eae959069e165dba011aefb8207cdfd55391d73d6f06362c7eb247b08763106709526e  mutagen-1.47.0-py3-none-any.whl
 656015f5cc2c04aa0653ee5609c39a7e5f0b6a58c84fe26b20bd070c52d20b4effb810132f7fb771168483e9fd975cc3302837dd7a1a687ee058b0460c857cc4  packaging-23.2-py3-none-any.whl
 6401616fdfdd720d1aaa9a0ed1398d00664b28b6d84517dff8d1f9c416452610c6afa64cfb012a78e61d1cf4f6d0784eca6e7610957859e511f15bc6f3b3bd53  Pillow-10.1.0-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl
-36442c017d8fc603745d33ca888b5b1194644103cbe1ff53e32d9b0355e290d5efac655fa1ae1b8e552ad8468878dc600d550c1158224260ca463991442e5264  python-3.11.6-amd64.exe
+2e6a57bab45b5a825a2073780c73980cbf5aafd99dc3b28660ea3f5f658f04668cd0f01c7de0bb79e362ff4e3b8f01dd4f671d3a2e054d3071baefdcf0b0e4ba  python-3.11.7-amd64.exe
diff --git a/scripts/pyinstaller/notes.txt b/scripts/pyinstaller/notes.txt
index feb88c03..a1f0a6ac 100644
--- a/scripts/pyinstaller/notes.txt
+++ b/scripts/pyinstaller/notes.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ fns=(
   mutagen-1.47.0-py3-none-any.whl
   packaging-23.2-py3-none-any.whl
   Pillow-10.1.0-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl
-  python-3.11.6-amd64.exe
+  python-3.11.7-amd64.exe
 )
 [ $w7 ] && fns+=(
   pyinstaller-5.13.2-py3-none-win32.whl