diff --git a/package/kernelctl/kernelctl b/package/kernelctl/kernelctl
index ae24716d1..5ad691d85 100644
--- a/package/kernelctl/kernelctl
+++ b/package/kernelctl/kernelctl
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ bl="\033[1;34m" # blue
 # change our working directory to / to ease filesystem operations
 cd /
 
+# find current os version
+os_version=$(awk -F= '/RELEASE_VERSION/{print $2}' /usr/share/remarkable/update.conf)
+
 help() {
     read -r -d '' msg <<- EOM
 		Usage: $(basename "$0") COMMAND
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ help() {
 # backup current kernel
 backup() {
     if [[ "$1" = "vanilla" ]]; then
-        kernel_name="vanilla-$(< /etc/version)"
+        kernel_name="vanilla-$os_version"
     else
         kernel_name=$1
     fi
@@ -82,7 +85,7 @@ to_kernel_name() {
         echo "${kernel_names[$(($1 - 1))]}"
         return
     elif [[ "$1" = "default" ]]; then
-        ker="vanilla-$(< /etc/version)"
+        ker="vanilla-$os_version"
     else
         ker="$1"
     fi
@@ -185,7 +188,7 @@ prune() {
     echo -n "Do you want to proceed? [N/y]: "
     read -r ans
     if [[ "$ans" = "y" || "$ans" = "Y" ]]; then
-        mapfile -t filenames < <(find "$kernelctl_dir" -path "*vanilla-*.tar.bz2" ! -name vanilla-"$(< /etc/version)".tar.bz2)
+        mapfile -t filenames < <(find "$kernelctl_dir" -path "*vanilla-*.tar.bz2" ! -name vanilla-"$os_version".tar.bz2)
         for filename in "${filenames[@]}"; do
             rm "$filename"
         done
diff --git a/package/kernelctl/package b/package/kernelctl/package
index dcfcd5f7d..31acac595 100644
--- a/package/kernelctl/package
+++ b/package/kernelctl/package
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 pkgnames=(kernelctl)
 pkgdesc="Manage aftermarket kernels"
 url=https://toltec-dev.org/
-pkgver=0.1-7
+pkgver=0.2-1
 timestamp=2022-11-12T00:00Z
 section="utils"
 maintainer="Salvatore Stella <etn45p4m@gmail.com>"
@@ -26,15 +26,17 @@ package() {
 }
 
 configure() {
-    if [[ "$(kernelctl list | tail -n +2 | awk '{print $2}' | grep "vanilla-$(< /etc/version)")" == "" ]]; then
+    os_version=$(awk -F= '/RELEASE_VERSION/{print $2}' /usr/share/remarkable/update.conf)
+    if [[ "$(kernelctl list | tail -n +2 | awk '{print $2}' | grep "vanilla-$os_version")" == "" ]]; then
         echo "Creating a backup of the currently running kernel."
         kernelctl backup vanilla
     fi
 }
 
 preremove() {
-    if [[ "$(kernelctl show | tail -n 1 | grep "vanilla-$(< /etc/version)")" == "" ]]; then
-        if [[ "$(kernelctl list | tail -n +2 | awk '{print $2}' | grep "vanilla-$(< /etc/version)")" == "" ]]; then
+    os_version=$(awk -F= '/RELEASE_VERSION/{print $2}' /usr/share/remarkable/update.conf)
+    if [[ "$(kernelctl show | tail -n 1 | grep "vanilla-$os_version")" == "" ]]; then
+        if [[ "$(kernelctl list | tail -n +2 | awk '{print $2}' | grep "vanilla-$os_version")" == "" ]]; then
             echo "Unable to restore default kernel."
             echo "To force removal, you can run the following:"
             echo "  opkg remove --force-remove kernelctl"
diff --git a/package/signature-rm/package b/package/signature-rm/package
index 87154993a..d826d244c 100644
--- a/package/signature-rm/package
+++ b/package/signature-rm/package
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ archs=(rmallos2 rmallos3)
 pkgnames=("signature-rm")
 pkgdesc="Remove the signature from the bottom of emails"
 url="https://github.com/rM-self-serve/signature-rM"
-pkgver=1.0.2-2
+pkgver=1.0.2-3
 timestamp=2023-12-06T11:43:00Z
 section="utils"
 maintainer="rM-self-serve <122753594+rM-self-serve@users.noreply.github.com>"
diff --git a/package/toltec-base/package b/package/toltec-base/package
index e4b0a4539..6e3d8be49 100644
--- a/package/toltec-base/package
+++ b/package/toltec-base/package
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ archs=(rmall rmallos2 rmallos3 rm1 rm1os2 rm1os3 rm2 rm2os2 rm2os3)
 pkgnames=(toltec-base)
 pkgdesc="Metapackage defining the base set of packages in a Toltec install"
 url=https://toltec-dev.org/
-pkgver=1.4-1
+pkgver=1.4-2
 timestamp=2023-12-27T08:30Z
 section="utils"
 maintainer="Eeems <eeems@eeems.email>"
diff --git a/package/toltec-deletions/package b/package/toltec-deletions/package
index 87ede6ffc..b5c383713 100644
--- a/package/toltec-deletions/package
+++ b/package/toltec-deletions/package
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ archs=(rm1os2 rm1os3 rm2os2 rm2os3)
 pkgnames=(toltec-deletions)
 pkgdesc="Metapackage to handle package deletions between OS versions"
 url=https://toltec-dev.org/
-pkgver=0.1-7
+pkgver=0.1-8
 timestamp=2023-12-03T04:51:58Z
 section="utils"
 maintainer="Eeems <eeems@eeems.email>"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3db01c1dd..7aadcde47 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-black==23.7.0
+black==24.8.0
 certifi==2023.7.22
 idna==3.4
 isort==5.12.0
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ mypy-extensions==1.0.0
 mypy==1.7.1
 pylint==3.0.3
 six==1.16.0
-toltecmk==0.3.2
+toltecmk==0.3.3
 toml==0.10.2
 types-python-dateutil==2.8.19.14
 types-requests==2.31.0.2