diff --git a/src/ui/Logic/Download/DownloadHashManager.cs b/src/ui/Logic/Download/DownloadHashManager.cs
index f593afad62..91e0ec5969 100644
--- a/src/ui/Logic/Download/DownloadHashManager.cs
+++ b/src/ui/Logic/Download/DownloadHashManager.cs
@@ -1990,10 +1990,11 @@ public static class WhisperX
             },
 
             // audio.cpp engine archives we build in SubtitleEdit/support-files
-            // (audiocpp-indextts25-2026-09-04). Newest first — index 0 is the pinned release,
+            // (audiocpp-indextts25-2026-09-05). Newest first — index 0 is the pinned release,
             // so anything older prompts an update instead of being treated as current.
             [IndexTts25AudioCpp.EngineMacArm64] = new[]
             {
+                "97586f22f059c64e5c566064361ce14a21f5d45b72b7cc5c5a81c6743ac29fe8", // audiocpp-indextts25-macos-arm64.tar.gz (2026-09-05, upstream main a8fccb47 + Higgs #454 tail fix + higgs_audio_tts + fish_audio)
                 "54697920bdbc009d15a9e23a205c366e9137cf206258e0c97c8536ce6a2e78f7", // audiocpp-indextts25-macos-arm64.tar.gz (2026-09-04, upstream main ad4bd574 + higgs_audio_tts + fish_audio)
                 "b9fe7380a54f4c3021061448dbb2eefc2d6248cd82f4bad7eae4201571d4070d", // audiocpp-indextts25-macos-arm64.tar.gz (2026-09-01, upstream v0.7.1 + higgs_audio_tts + fish_audio)
                 "9b8d3e5be13e97a80964356be090c684f555ea41bc02583fc4ea5d82d1a42cdc", // audiocpp-indextts25-macos-arm64.tar.gz (2026-08-18)
@@ -2001,6 +2002,7 @@ public static class WhisperX
             },
             [IndexTts25AudioCpp.EngineWindowsCpu] = new[]
             {
+                "9455171707020cb8a8122f1589d39538405d2736af9b50ce812e1dedf97598d4", // audiocpp-indextts25-windows-x86_64-cpu.zip (2026-09-05, upstream main a8fccb47 + Higgs #454 tail fix + higgs_audio_tts + fish_audio)
                 "19e91cd7164a44c1ebf6e0f63283865af470b249ea642287309200c3beae5958", // audiocpp-indextts25-windows-x86_64-cpu.zip (2026-09-04, upstream main ad4bd574 + higgs_audio_tts + fish_audio)
                 "f4bbf0a5fa5e263abf05aa1e2597b9f4e36055ca1d0a6243a959734f912e9d15", // audiocpp-indextts25-windows-x86_64-cpu.zip (2026-09-01, upstream v0.7.1 + higgs_audio_tts + fish_audio)
                 "7ab8239cd64b87a0dbf072dbbd252361018e21697369c2a6ecbb9df9887d9381", // audiocpp-indextts25-windows-x86_64-cpu.zip (2026-08-18)
@@ -2008,6 +2010,7 @@ public static class WhisperX
             },
             [IndexTts25AudioCpp.EngineWindowsVulkan] = new[]
             {
+                "95e1be5d681d8d02f32f4bf5ee9b9b89854f321de89b687bd8159e2f5a61ccbc", // audiocpp-indextts25-windows-x86_64-vulkan.zip (2026-09-05, upstream main a8fccb47 + Higgs #454 tail fix + higgs_audio_tts + fish_audio)
                 "99890ad2458e225b86dc70a9a1c734164380ca08d9e769a8e1956d6620a3d1b0", // audiocpp-indextts25-windows-x86_64-vulkan.zip (2026-09-04, upstream main ad4bd574 + higgs_audio_tts + fish_audio)
                 "e67342b0b6953f268030da3c0d382498897e72dff8de729aab3680e7ed2dbd0d", // audiocpp-indextts25-windows-x86_64-vulkan.zip (2026-09-01, upstream v0.7.1 + higgs_audio_tts + fish_audio)
                 "f8a265995037c143db13255d4035fe2381e5226546d1c2e9aefc03fdf32f5204", // audiocpp-indextts25-windows-x86_64-vulkan.zip (2026-08-18)
@@ -2015,6 +2018,7 @@ public static class WhisperX
             },
             [IndexTts25AudioCpp.EngineWindowsCuda] = new[]
             {
+                "9ffa37e2244e84d21ecda0c23aa7986a6af9a702a21d74ab9196e810bd8159b1", // audiocpp-indextts25-windows-x86_64-cuda.zip (2026-09-05, upstream main a8fccb47 + Higgs #454 tail fix + higgs_audio_tts + fish_audio)
                 "3ab763e9b79b1487fddfd914883418b2b716591f3e0c1a48785fae0a712414c1", // audiocpp-indextts25-windows-x86_64-cuda.zip (2026-09-04, upstream main ad4bd574 + higgs_audio_tts + fish_audio)
                 "408f40079277e48974389ce2bbe941b8a2a93f799ee07fdee37642b978208f41", // audiocpp-indextts25-windows-x86_64-cuda.zip (2026-09-01, upstream v0.7.1 + higgs_audio_tts + fish_audio)
                 "8b18e790a2a60503af58ee427c86bf388124daac2a6a9aa48ba21eb587548fca", // audiocpp-indextts25-windows-x86_64-cuda.zip (2026-08-18)
@@ -2022,6 +2026,7 @@ public static class WhisperX
             },
             [IndexTts25AudioCpp.EngineLinuxCpu] = new[]
             {
+                "61df314331118549ca45919392bf18b6b393741d8908e497c2e9b09e45cb0eaf", // audiocpp-indextts25-linux-x86_64.tar.gz (2026-09-05, upstream main a8fccb47 + Higgs #454 tail fix + higgs_audio_tts + fish_audio)
                 "640ba3986d751742ea5ef74e38f5d4e45d097a10f6540491f314baf106a1c465", // audiocpp-indextts25-linux-x86_64.tar.gz (2026-09-04, upstream main ad4bd574 + higgs_audio_tts + fish_audio)
                 "29838ffe5b96ee3850e8c6ea9ed14d964b4144e2fa45a09552b39f404fd8682d", // audiocpp-indextts25-linux-x86_64.tar.gz (2026-09-01, upstream v0.7.1 + higgs_audio_tts + fish_audio)
                 "3e0a4ed8eb5eadfbebf6f3b6fb7060326bd3971cc541abe7a2862efeb4f736d1", // audiocpp-indextts25-linux-x86_64.tar.gz (2026-08-18)
@@ -2029,6 +2034,7 @@ public static class WhisperX
             },
             [IndexTts25AudioCpp.EngineLinuxVulkan] = new[]
             {
+                "06cba9ccc9784bb5c7fe284dd7e76f4965d0f30c5ce1193e48bcb58e6e259592", // audiocpp-indextts25-linux-x86_64-vulkan.tar.gz (2026-09-05, upstream main a8fccb47 + Higgs #454 tail fix + higgs_audio_tts + fish_audio)
                 "1380909fcb8f3c6e32e249417dc4d99372efff0ba94fa3ce4b7c0d15223caa14", // audiocpp-indextts25-linux-x86_64-vulkan.tar.gz (2026-09-04, upstream main ad4bd574 + higgs_audio_tts + fish_audio)
                 "c7af9df012bf551e35420f678b85caac2c0a358d050d7ab69b2fbd7e1641cfbc", // audiocpp-indextts25-linux-x86_64-vulkan.tar.gz (2026-09-01, upstream v0.7.1 + higgs_audio_tts + fish_audio)
                 "cf85c85859777082f8c789d177e04316eead0bd25a729badaf0a4139a472f47e", // audiocpp-indextts25-linux-x86_64-vulkan.tar.gz (2026-08-18)
@@ -2036,6 +2042,7 @@ public static class WhisperX
             },
             [IndexTts25AudioCpp.EngineLinuxCuda] = new[]
             {
+                "80f200fddcde367693a499fab02169d80ec46215ec54744b3169126cd1adb7ec", // audiocpp-indextts25-linux-x86_64-cuda.tar.gz (2026-09-05, upstream main a8fccb47 + Higgs #454 tail fix + higgs_audio_tts + fish_audio)
                 "77becce1f2174f161232fdb0df0b1ba37e6b810e1b951aac178b2092607360ca", // audiocpp-indextts25-linux-x86_64-cuda.tar.gz (2026-09-04, upstream main ad4bd574 + higgs_audio_tts + fish_audio)
                 "ad0392bd6ab8d95c9114def0629193650cd21530036a66af39b7f6b8845afc07", // audiocpp-indextts25-linux-x86_64-cuda.tar.gz (2026-09-01, upstream v0.7.1 + higgs_audio_tts + fish_audio)
                 "03f686900535ce27d15b1377a1009f279d306ce8515fb2515c56aa50906888aa", // audiocpp-indextts25-linux-x86_64-cuda.tar.gz (2026-08-18)
diff --git a/src/ui/Logic/Download/IndexTts25AudioCppDownloadService.cs b/src/ui/Logic/Download/IndexTts25AudioCppDownloadService.cs
index eb764e3cbc..b38b482207 100644
--- a/src/ui/Logic/Download/IndexTts25AudioCppDownloadService.cs
+++ b/src/ui/Logic/Download/IndexTts25AudioCppDownloadService.cs
@@ -33,10 +33,11 @@ public class IndexTts25AudioCppDownloadService : IIndexTts25AudioCppDownloadServ
 {
     private readonly HttpClient _httpClient;
 
-    // 2026-09-04: upstream main @ ad4bd574 (v0.7.1 + 22 commits, incl. the Higgs Audio codec
-    // decode seam fix, #436), compiled with the index_tts2 + higgs_audio_tts +
-    // fish_audio families — the same archives back all three audio.cpp engines.
-    private const string ReleaseTag = "audiocpp-indextts25-2026-09-04";
+    // 2026-09-05: upstream main @ a8fccb47 (incl. the Higgs Audio end-of-stream codec fix,
+    // #454, which removes the rising hiss at the end of every clip), compiled with the
+    // index_tts2 + higgs_audio_tts + fish_audio families — the same archives back all
+    // three audio.cpp engines.
+    private const string ReleaseTag = "audiocpp-indextts25-2026-09-05";
     private const string ReleaseBase =
         "https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/support-files/releases/download/" + ReleaseTag + "/";