diff --git a/.mokogitea/workflows/issue-branch.yml b/.mokogitea/workflows/issue-branch.yml
index 328f0a3e..9d086f38 100644
--- a/.mokogitea/workflows/issue-branch.yml
+++ b/.mokogitea/workflows/issue-branch.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
# FILE INFORMATION
# DEFGROUP: MokoGitea.Workflow
# INGROUP: mokocli.Automation
-# VERSION: 02.61.06
+# VERSION: 02.62.00
# BRIEF: Auto-create feature branch when an issue is opened
name: "Universal: Issue Branch"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 774cabad..2c423589 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
# Changelog
## [Unreleased]
+## [02.62.00] --- 2026-07-13
+
## [02.61.00] --- 2026-07-13
## [02.60.00] --- 2026-07-12
@@ -53,11 +55,3 @@
### Fixed
- Admin menu / duplicate-component fallout: (a) the orphaned `com_component-mokosuitebackup` is now removed in **preflight** too, so its "Backup" menu no longer collides on install ("The alias backup is already being used"); (b) `ensureSubmenuItems()` **recreates the top-level "Backup" menu** if it was deleted, instead of giving up — so Backup no longer disappears from the admin menu (and the cPanel module / MokoSuiteClient can find it again); (c) the component menu label now uses the short constant `COM_MOKOJOOMBACKUP_SHORT`. (#213 fallout)
- Installer no longer aborts on MySQL 8 with "This command is not supported in the prepared statement protocol yet" (error 1295). The legacy remote-column purge migration (`02.56.01.sql`) used `PREPARE`/`EXECUTE`/`DEALLOCATE`, which Joomla's installer rejects; the drop now runs in the package installer script via an INFORMATION_SCHEMA-gated plain `ALTER` (portable across MariaDB and MySQL 8). (#213 update path)
-
-## [02.57.00] --- 2026-07-05
-
-### Added
-- `BackupRunner` service — a single synchronous entry point for backups that unifies final status and notification gating across the pre-update, web-cron, pre-install, scheduled-task and CLI triggers (delegates to `BackupEngine`; no double-notify). Returns a normalized result including the real complete/warning/fail status. Dashboard "Backup Now" (AJAX) unchanged; installer progress popup deferred to #196. (#214)
-
-### Fixed
-- Release automation: the changelog-promote step is now idempotent — it only inserts a `## [version]` header when that version isn't already present, preventing the empty, duplicated version headers that repeated/same-version builds were producing. (workflow)
diff --git a/SECURITY.md b/SECURITY.md
index 39210640..98f9c5df 100644
--- a/SECURITY.md
+++ b/SECURITY.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ DEFGROUP: Template-Joomla
INGROUP: Template-Joomla.Documentation
REPO: https://git.mokoconsulting.tech/MokoConsulting/Template-Joomla
PATH: /SECURITY.md
-VERSION: 02.61.06
+VERSION: 02.62.00
BRIEF: Security vulnerability reporting and handling policy
-->
diff --git a/source/packages/com_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml b/source/packages/com_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml
index 48da2f0a..6eaad11e 100644
--- a/source/packages/com_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml
+++ b/source/packages/com_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
display label there.
-->
MokoSuiteBackup
- 02.61.06
+ 02.62.00
2026-06-02
Moko Consulting
hello@mokoconsulting.tech
diff --git a/source/packages/com_mokosuitebackup/sql/updates/mysql/02.62.00.sql b/source/packages/com_mokosuitebackup/sql/updates/mysql/02.62.00.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd0622da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/packages/com_mokosuitebackup/sql/updates/mysql/02.62.00.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/* 02.62.00 — no schema changes */
diff --git a/source/packages/mod_mokosuitebackup_cpanel/mod_mokosuitebackup_cpanel.xml b/source/packages/mod_mokosuitebackup_cpanel/mod_mokosuitebackup_cpanel.xml
index 4c43e5ac..90f1a185 100644
--- a/source/packages/mod_mokosuitebackup_cpanel/mod_mokosuitebackup_cpanel.xml
+++ b/source/packages/mod_mokosuitebackup_cpanel/mod_mokosuitebackup_cpanel.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
-->
Module - MokoSuiteBackup - cPanel
- 02.61.06
+ 02.62.00
2026-06-23
Moko Consulting
hello@mokoconsulting.tech
diff --git a/source/packages/plg_actionlog_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml b/source/packages/plg_actionlog_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml
index b11e7870..9fb5d306 100644
--- a/source/packages/plg_actionlog_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml
+++ b/source/packages/plg_actionlog_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
-->
Action Log - MokoSuiteBackup
- 02.61.06
+ 02.62.00
2026-06-04
Moko Consulting
hello@mokoconsulting.tech
diff --git a/source/packages/plg_console_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml b/source/packages/plg_console_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml
index 9bd0fc23..6a2f8cc5 100644
--- a/source/packages/plg_console_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml
+++ b/source/packages/plg_console_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
-->
Console - MokoSuiteBackup
- 02.61.06
+ 02.62.00
2026-06-04
Moko Consulting
hello@mokoconsulting.tech
diff --git a/source/packages/plg_content_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml b/source/packages/plg_content_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml
index a0513ce7..62f72f8d 100644
--- a/source/packages/plg_content_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml
+++ b/source/packages/plg_content_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
-->
Content - MokoSuiteBackup
- 02.61.06
+ 02.62.00
2026-06-04
Moko Consulting
hello@mokoconsulting.tech
diff --git a/source/packages/plg_quickicon_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml b/source/packages/plg_quickicon_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml
index 3aab7784..0e61486e 100644
--- a/source/packages/plg_quickicon_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml
+++ b/source/packages/plg_quickicon_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Quick Icon - MokoSuiteBackup
- 02.61.06
+ 02.62.00
2026-06-02
Moko Consulting
hello@mokoconsulting.tech
diff --git a/source/packages/plg_system_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml b/source/packages/plg_system_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml
index 05e1e547..2578a9d0 100644
--- a/source/packages/plg_system_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml
+++ b/source/packages/plg_system_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
-->
System - MokoSuiteBackup
- 02.61.06
+ 02.62.00
2026-06-02
Moko Consulting
hello@mokoconsulting.tech
diff --git a/source/packages/plg_task_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml b/source/packages/plg_task_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml
index d9686164..b6eaaab5 100644
--- a/source/packages/plg_task_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml
+++ b/source/packages/plg_task_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
-->
Task - MokoSuiteBackup
- 02.61.06
+ 02.62.00
2026-06-02
Moko Consulting
hello@mokoconsulting.tech
diff --git a/source/packages/plg_webservices_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml b/source/packages/plg_webservices_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml
index 68ad71ba..5ef301c0 100644
--- a/source/packages/plg_webservices_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml
+++ b/source/packages/plg_webservices_mokosuitebackup/mokosuitebackup.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
-->
Web Services - MokoSuiteBackup
- 02.61.06
+ 02.62.00
2026-06-02
Moko Consulting
hello@mokoconsulting.tech
diff --git a/source/pkg_mokosuitebackup.xml b/source/pkg_mokosuitebackup.xml
index e90c667c..cd041ecc 100644
--- a/source/pkg_mokosuitebackup.xml
+++ b/source/pkg_mokosuitebackup.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
Package - MokoSuiteBackup
mokosuitebackup
- 02.61.06
+ 02.62.00
2026-06-02
Moko Consulting
hello@mokoconsulting.tech