diff --git a/.changes/fix-restart-macos.md b/.changes/fix-restart-macos.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b7db3b536469
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/fix-restart-macos.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"tauri": patch:bug
+---
+
+Fixes the restart() function not being compatible with the v2 binary name change.
+Additionally, do not panic if we somehow failed to restart, and only exit instead.
diff --git a/core/tauri/src/api/process.rs b/core/tauri/src/api/process.rs
index 1cb4c0e08853..03b8547883fa 100644
--- a/core/tauri/src/api/process.rs
+++ b/core/tauri/src/api/process.rs
@@ -82,10 +82,49 @@ pub fn restart(env: &Env) {
   use std::process::{exit, Command};
 
   if let Ok(path) = current_binary(env) {
-    Command::new(path)
-      .args(&env.args)
-      .spawn()
-      .expect("application failed to start");
+    // on macOS on updates the binary name might have changed
+    // so we'll read the Contents/MacOS folder instead to infer the actual binary path
+    #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+    if let Some(parent) = path.parent() {
+      if parent.components().last()
+        == Some(std::path::Component::Normal(std::ffi::OsStr::new("MacOS")))
+      {
+        let macos_binaries = std::fs::read_dir(parent)
+          .map(|dir| {
+            dir
+              .into_iter()
+              .flatten()
+              .map(|entry| entry.path())
+              .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+          })
+          .unwrap_or_default();
+        match macos_binaries.len() {
+          0 => {
+            // should never happen, but let's not panic here since it's a crucial feature for updates
+            exit(1);
+          }
+          1 => {
+            // we have one binary (no sidecar) so we should use it to restart
+            if let Err(e) = Command::new(macos_binaries.first().unwrap())
+              .args(&env.args)
+              .spawn()
+            {
+              eprintln!("failed to restart app: {e}");
+            }
+
+            exit(0);
+          }
+          _ => {
+            // in case of sidecars we don't have enough information here to decide what's the right binary name
+            // so let's hope the binary name didn't change by running the Command::spawn below
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    if let Err(e) = Command::new(path).args(&env.args).spawn() {
+      eprintln!("failed to restart app: {e}");
+    }
   }
 
   exit(0);
diff --git a/examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index 65e4049085b6..af3f065ec5f1 100644
--- a/examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -4027,7 +4027,7 @@ checksum = "69758bda2e78f098e4ccb393021a0963bb3442eac05f135c30f61b7370bbafae"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tauri"
-version = "1.7.1"
+version = "1.7.2"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64 0.22.1",
@@ -4093,7 +4093,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tauri-build"
-version = "1.5.3"
+version = "1.5.4"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "cargo_toml",
@@ -4112,7 +4112,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tauri-codegen"
-version = "1.4.4"
+version = "1.4.5"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.21.7",
  "brotli",
@@ -4136,7 +4136,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tauri-macros"
-version = "1.4.5"
+version = "1.4.6"
 dependencies = [
  "heck 0.5.0",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -4148,7 +4148,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tauri-runtime"
-version = "0.14.4"
+version = "0.14.5"
 dependencies = [
  "gtk",
  "http",
@@ -4167,7 +4167,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tauri-runtime-wry"
-version = "0.14.9"
+version = "0.14.10"
 dependencies = [
  "arboard",
  "cocoa 0.24.1",
@@ -4186,7 +4186,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tauri-utils"
-version = "1.6.0"
+version = "1.6.1"
 dependencies = [
  "aes-gcm",
  "brotli",