diff --git a/Makefile.defs b/Makefile.defs
index 1ef2aa09d..aadb1a98b 100644
--- a/Makefile.defs
+++ b/Makefile.defs
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ ifeq ($(DEBUG),1)
   DEFCFLAGS = -g -O0 -fstrict-aliasing -pipe
   DEFLDFLAGS =
 else
-  DEFCXXFLAGS = -Wall -Werror -O3 -pipe
-  DEFCFLAGS = -Wall -Werror -O3 -fstrict-aliasing -pipe
+  DEFCXXFLAGS = -Wall -O3 -pipe
+  DEFCFLAGS = -Wall -O3 -fstrict-aliasing -pipe
   DEFLDFLAGS =
 endif
 
diff --git a/armsrc/Makefile b/armsrc/Makefile
index 5f641884a..cc786b9a1 100644
--- a/armsrc/Makefile
+++ b/armsrc/Makefile
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ showinfo:
 # version_pm3.c should be checked on every time fullimage.stage1.elf should be remade
 version_pm3.c: default_version_pm3.c $(OBJDIR)/fpga_version_info.o $(OBJDIR)/fpga_all.o $(THUMBOBJ) $(ARMOBJ) .FORCE
 	$(info [-] CHECK $@)
-	$(Q)$(SH) ../tools/mkversion.sh $@ || $(CP) $< $@
+	$(Q)$(CP) $< $@
 
 fpga_version_info.c: $(FPGA_BITSTREAMS) $(FPGA_COMPRESSOR)
 	$(info [-] GEN $@)
diff --git a/bootrom/Makefile b/bootrom/Makefile
index b6825530d..86c785cd1 100644
--- a/bootrom/Makefile
+++ b/bootrom/Makefile
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ OBJS = $(OBJDIR)/bootrom.s19
 # version_pm3.c should be checked on every compilation
 version_pm3.c: default_version_pm3.c .FORCE
 	$(info [=] CHECK $@)
-	$(Q)$(SH) ../tools/mkversion.sh $@ || $(CP) $< $@
+	$(Q)$(CP) $< $@
 
 all: showinfo $(OBJS)
 
diff --git a/client/CMakeLists.txt b/client/CMakeLists.txt
index d92c15fbe..569a5541a 100644
--- a/client/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/client/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ set (TARGET_SOURCES
 
 add_custom_command(
     OUTPUT  ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/version_pm3.c
-    COMMAND sh ${PM3_ROOT}/tools/mkversion.sh ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/version_pm3.c || ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${PM3_ROOT}/common/default_version_pm3.c ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/version_pm3.c
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${PM3_ROOT}/common/default_version_pm3.c ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/version_pm3.c
     DEPENDS ${PM3_ROOT}/common/default_version_pm3.c
 )
 
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ add_executable(proxmark3
         ${ADDITIONAL_SRC}
 )
 
-target_compile_options(proxmark3 PUBLIC -Wall -Werror -O3)
+target_compile_options(proxmark3 PUBLIC -Wall -O3)
 if (EMBED_READLINE)
     if (NOT SKIPREADLINE EQUAL 1)
         add_dependencies(proxmark3 ncurses readline)
diff --git a/client/Makefile b/client/Makefile
index fc0dedb82..466d9413a 100644
--- a/client/Makefile
+++ b/client/Makefile
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ endif
 
 PM3CFLAGS += -DHAVE_SNPRINTF
 
-CXXFLAGS ?= -Wall -Werror
+CXXFLAGS ?= -Wall
 CXXFLAGS += $(MYDEFS) $(MYCXXFLAGS) $(MYINCLUDES)
 
 PM3CXXFLAGS = $(CXXFLAGS)
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ src/pm3_pywrap.c: pm3.i
 # version_pm3.c should be checked on every compilation
 src/version_pm3.c: default_version_pm3.c .FORCE
 	$(info [=] CHECK $@)
-	$(Q)$(SH) ../tools/mkversion.sh $@ || $(CP) $< $@
+	$(Q)$(CP) $< $@
 
 # easy printing of MAKE VARIABLES
 print-%: ; @echo $* = $($*)
diff --git a/client/deps/amiibo.cmake b/client/deps/amiibo.cmake
index c946c0682..8c524c170 100644
--- a/client/deps/amiibo.cmake
+++ b/client/deps/amiibo.cmake
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ target_link_libraries(pm3rrg_rdv4_amiibo PRIVATE
         m
         pm3rrg_rdv4_mbedtls)
 
-target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_amiibo PRIVATE -Wall -Werror -O3)
+target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_amiibo PRIVATE -Wall -O3)
 set_property(TARGET pm3rrg_rdv4_amiibo PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 
 target_include_directories(pm3rrg_rdv4_amiibo PRIVATE amiitool
diff --git a/client/deps/cliparser.cmake b/client/deps/cliparser.cmake
index fccae33b7..a85cc2374 100644
--- a/client/deps/cliparser.cmake
+++ b/client/deps/cliparser.cmake
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ target_include_directories(pm3rrg_rdv4_cliparser PRIVATE
         ../../include
         ../src)
 target_include_directories(pm3rrg_rdv4_cliparser INTERFACE cliparser)
-target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_cliparser PRIVATE -Wall -Werror -O3)
+target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_cliparser PRIVATE -Wall -O3)
 set_property(TARGET pm3rrg_rdv4_cliparser PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
diff --git a/client/deps/hardnested.cmake b/client/deps/hardnested.cmake
index ec545e2a8..468ee4ef2 100644
--- a/client/deps/hardnested.cmake
+++ b/client/deps/hardnested.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ add_library(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_nosimd OBJECT
         hardnested/hardnested_bf_core.c
         hardnested/hardnested_bitarray_core.c)
 
-target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_nosimd PRIVATE -Wall -Werror -O3)
+target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_nosimd PRIVATE -Wall -O3)
 set_property(TARGET pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_nosimd PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 
 target_include_directories(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_nosimd PRIVATE
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if ("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}" IN_LIST X86_CPUS)
             hardnested/hardnested_bf_core.c
             hardnested/hardnested_bitarray_core.c)
 
-    target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_mmx PRIVATE -Wall -Werror -O3)
+    target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_mmx PRIVATE -Wall -O3)
     target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_mmx BEFORE PRIVATE
             -mmmx -mno-sse2 -mno-avx -mno-avx2 -mno-avx512f)
     set_property(TARGET pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_mmx PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ if ("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}" IN_LIST X86_CPUS)
             hardnested/hardnested_bf_core.c
             hardnested/hardnested_bitarray_core.c)
 
-    target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_sse2 PRIVATE -Wall -Werror -O3)
+    target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_sse2 PRIVATE -Wall -O3)
     target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_sse2 BEFORE PRIVATE
             -mmmx -msse2 -mno-avx -mno-avx2 -mno-avx512f)
     set_property(TARGET pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_sse2 PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ if ("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}" IN_LIST X86_CPUS)
             hardnested/hardnested_bf_core.c
             hardnested/hardnested_bitarray_core.c)
 
-    target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_avx PRIVATE -Wall -Werror -O3)
+    target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_avx PRIVATE -Wall -O3)
     target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_avx BEFORE PRIVATE
             -mmmx -msse2 -mavx -mno-avx2 -mno-avx512f)
     set_property(TARGET pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_avx PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ if ("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}" IN_LIST X86_CPUS)
             hardnested/hardnested_bf_core.c
             hardnested/hardnested_bitarray_core.c)
 
-    target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_avx2 PRIVATE -Wall -Werror -O3)
+    target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_avx2 PRIVATE -Wall -O3)
     target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_avx2 BEFORE PRIVATE
             -mmmx -msse2 -mavx -mavx2 -mno-avx512f)
     set_property(TARGET pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_avx2 PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ if ("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}" IN_LIST X86_CPUS)
             hardnested/hardnested_bf_core.c
             hardnested/hardnested_bitarray_core.c)
 
-    target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_avx512 PRIVATE -Wall -Werror -O3)
+    target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_avx512 PRIVATE -Wall -O3)
     target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_avx512 BEFORE PRIVATE
             -mmmx -msse2 -mavx -mavx2 -mavx512f)
     set_property(TARGET pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_avx512 PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ elseif ("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}" IN_LIST ARM64_CPUS)
             hardnested/hardnested_bf_core.c
             hardnested/hardnested_bitarray_core.c)
 
-    target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_neon PRIVATE -Wall -Werror -O3)
+    target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_neon PRIVATE -Wall -O3)
     set_property(TARGET pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_neon PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 
     target_include_directories(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_neon PRIVATE
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ elseif ("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}" IN_LIST ARM32_CPUS)
             hardnested/hardnested_bf_core.c
             hardnested/hardnested_bitarray_core.c)
 
-    target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_neon PRIVATE -Wall -Werror -O3)
+    target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_neon PRIVATE -Wall -O3)
     target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_neon BEFORE PRIVATE
             -mfpu=neon)
     set_property(TARGET pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_neon PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ add_library(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested STATIC
         hardnested/hardnested_bruteforce.c
         $<TARGET_OBJECTS:pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested_nosimd>
         ${SIMD_TARGETS})
-target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested PRIVATE -Wall -Werror -O3)
+target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested PRIVATE -Wall -O3)
 set_property(TARGET pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 target_include_directories(pm3rrg_rdv4_hardnested PRIVATE
         ../../common
diff --git a/client/deps/jansson.cmake b/client/deps/jansson.cmake
index c91a47047..42c701d5e 100644
--- a/client/deps/jansson.cmake
+++ b/client/deps/jansson.cmake
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ add_library(pm3rrg_rdv4_jansson STATIC
 
 target_compile_definitions(pm3rrg_rdv4_jansson PRIVATE HAVE_STDINT_H)
 target_include_directories(pm3rrg_rdv4_jansson INTERFACE jansson)
-target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_jansson PRIVATE -Wall -Werror -Wno-unused-function -O3)
+target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_jansson PRIVATE -Wall -Wno-unused-function -O3)
 set_property(TARGET pm3rrg_rdv4_jansson PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
diff --git a/client/deps/lua.cmake b/client/deps/lua.cmake
index 12870342e..5cf33d724 100644
--- a/client/deps/lua.cmake
+++ b/client/deps/lua.cmake
@@ -52,5 +52,5 @@ if (NOT MINGW)
 endif (NOT MINGW)
 
 target_include_directories(pm3rrg_rdv4_lua INTERFACE liblua)
-target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_lua PRIVATE -Wall -Werror -O3)
+target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_lua PRIVATE -Wall -O3)
 set_property(TARGET pm3rrg_rdv4_lua PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
diff --git a/client/deps/mbedtls.cmake b/client/deps/mbedtls.cmake
index c1ab8d880..9d06b1c96 100644
--- a/client/deps/mbedtls.cmake
+++ b/client/deps/mbedtls.cmake
@@ -48,5 +48,5 @@ add_library(pm3rrg_rdv4_mbedtls STATIC
 
 target_include_directories(pm3rrg_rdv4_mbedtls PRIVATE ../../common)
 target_include_directories(pm3rrg_rdv4_mbedtls INTERFACE ../../common/mbedtls)
-target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_mbedtls PRIVATE -Wall -Werror -O3)
+target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_mbedtls PRIVATE -Wall -O3)
 set_property(TARGET pm3rrg_rdv4_mbedtls PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
diff --git a/client/deps/reveng.cmake b/client/deps/reveng.cmake
index d7e3cfd8a..1040730f1 100644
--- a/client/deps/reveng.cmake
+++ b/client/deps/reveng.cmake
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ target_include_directories(pm3rrg_rdv4_reveng PRIVATE
         ../src
         ../../include)
 target_include_directories(pm3rrg_rdv4_reveng INTERFACE reveng)
-target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_reveng PRIVATE -Wall -Werror -O3)
+target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_reveng PRIVATE -Wall -O3)
 set_property(TARGET pm3rrg_rdv4_reveng PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
diff --git a/client/deps/tinycbor.cmake b/client/deps/tinycbor.cmake
index 5a6abda25..c74618149 100644
--- a/client/deps/tinycbor.cmake
+++ b/client/deps/tinycbor.cmake
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ add_library(pm3rrg_rdv4_tinycbor STATIC
 
 target_include_directories(pm3rrg_rdv4_tinycbor INTERFACE tinycbor)
 # Strange errors on Mingw when compiling with -O3
-target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_tinycbor PRIVATE -Wall -Werror -O2)
+target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_tinycbor PRIVATE -Wall -O2)
 set_property(TARGET pm3rrg_rdv4_tinycbor PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
diff --git a/client/deps/whereami.cmake b/client/deps/whereami.cmake
index d2d6a5b2a..721873066 100644
--- a/client/deps/whereami.cmake
+++ b/client/deps/whereami.cmake
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ add_library(pm3rrg_rdv4_whereami STATIC whereami/whereami.c)
 
 target_compile_definitions(pm3rrg_rdv4_whereami PRIVATE WAI_PM3_TUNED)
 target_include_directories(pm3rrg_rdv4_whereami INTERFACE whereami)
-target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_whereami PRIVATE -Wall -Werror -O3)
+target_compile_options(pm3rrg_rdv4_whereami PRIVATE -Wall -O3)
 set_property(TARGET pm3rrg_rdv4_whereami PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
diff --git a/client/experimental_lib/CMakeLists.txt b/client/experimental_lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 15a74d38c..94e76ce18 100644
--- a/client/experimental_lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/client/experimental_lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ set (TARGET_SOURCES
 
 add_custom_command(
     OUTPUT  ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/version_pm3.c
-    COMMAND sh ${PM3_ROOT}/tools/mkversion.sh ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/version_pm3.c || ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${PM3_ROOT}/common/default_version_pm3.c ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/version_pm3.c
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${PM3_ROOT}/common/default_version_pm3.c ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/version_pm3.c
     DEPENDS ${PM3_ROOT}/common/default_version_pm3.c
 )
 
diff --git a/client/src/proxmark3.c b/client/src/proxmark3.c
index 97c82541e..d4bd5d770 100644
--- a/client/src/proxmark3.c
+++ b/client/src/proxmark3.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static int mainret = PM3_ESOFT;
 #ifndef LIBPM3
 #define BANNERMSG1 ""
 #define BANNERMSG2 "   [ :coffee: ]"
-#define BANNERMSG3 ""
+#define BANNERMSG3 "Release v4.17768 - Steamboat Willie"
 
 typedef enum LogoMode { UTF8, ANSI, ASCII } LogoMode;
 
diff --git a/common/default_version_pm3.c b/common/default_version_pm3.c
index d93a7ef15..34614162f 100644
--- a/common/default_version_pm3.c
+++ b/common/default_version_pm3.c
@@ -1,20 +1,5 @@
-//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Copyright (C) Proxmark3 contributors. See AUTHORS.md for details.
-//
-// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-// (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-// GNU General Public License for more details.
-//
-// See LICENSE.txt for the text of the license.
-//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #include "common.h"
-/* This is the default version_pm3.c file that Makefile.common falls back to if sh is not available */
+/* Generated file, do not edit */
 #ifndef ON_DEVICE
 #define SECTVERSINFO
 #else
@@ -23,10 +8,10 @@
 
 const struct version_information_t SECTVERSINFO g_version_information = {
     VERSION_INFORMATION_MAGIC,
-    1, /* version 1 */
-    0, /* version information not present */
-    2, /* cleanliness couldn't be determined */
-    "Iceman/master/unknown",
-    "1970-01-01 00:00:00",
-    "no sha256"
+    1,
+    1,
+    2,
+    "Iceman/master/v4.17768",
+    "2024-01-03 01:59:39",
+    "4aa4f5078"
 };
diff --git a/common_arm/Makefile.common b/common_arm/Makefile.common
index 18d931b46..3c01c9a2e 100644
--- a/common_arm/Makefile.common
+++ b/common_arm/Makefile.common
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ VPATH = . ../common_arm ../common ../common/crapto1 ../common/mbedtls ../common/
 INCLUDES = ../include/proxmark3_arm.h ../include/at91sam7s512.h ../include/config_gpio.h ../include/pm3_cmd.h
 
 ARMCFLAGS = -mthumb-interwork -fno-builtin
-DEFCFLAGS = -Wall -Werror -Os -pedantic -fstrict-aliasing -pipe
+DEFCFLAGS = -Wall -Os -pedantic -fstrict-aliasing -pipe
 
 # Some more warnings we want as errors:
 DEFCFLAGS += -Wbad-function-cast -Wchar-subscripts -Wundef -Wunused -Wuninitialized -Wpointer-arith -Wformat -Wformat-security -Winit-self -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wnested-externs -Wempty-body -Wignored-qualifiers -Wmissing-field-initializers -Wtype-limits