diff --git a/electron/components/PearlOTA.js b/electron/components/PearlOTA.js
index 9b3f82d96..e24ae90a0 100644
--- a/electron/components/PearlOTA.js
+++ b/electron/components/PearlOTA.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class PearlOTA {
       this.updater.autoDownload = false;
       this.updater.autoInstallOnAppQuit = false;
       this.updater.logger = logger;
+      // this.updater.forceDevUpdateConfig = true;
       this.#bindUpdaterEvents();
     }
 
diff --git a/electron/constants/config.js b/electron/constants/config.js
index 614b99453..ce902b4ad 100644
--- a/electron/constants/config.js
+++ b/electron/constants/config.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { isDev } = require('../constants');
+const { isProd } = require('../constants');
 
 require('dotenv').config();
 
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ require('dotenv').config();
  *  channel: string,
  *  vPrefixedTagName: boolean,
  *  protocol: "https" | "http",
+ *  token?: string
  * }} PearlGithubUpdateOptions
  *
  */
@@ -30,11 +31,11 @@ const githubUpdateOptions = {
   owner: 'valory-xyz',
   repo: 'olas-operate-app',
   private: false, // Only set to true if the repo is private
-  publishAutoUpdate: !isDev, // Publishes the update to GitHub
+  publishAutoUpdate: isProd, // Publishes the update to GitHub
   channel: 'latest', // The release channel to check for updates, e.g. 'latest', 'beta', 'alpha'
   vPrefixedTagName: true,
   protocol: 'https',
-  // token: isDev ? process.env.GH_TEST_PAT ?? null : null, // Personal Access Token (PAT) for GitHub when testing
+  // token: process.env.GH_TEST_PAT, // Personal Access Token (PAT) for GitHub when testing
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/electron/store.js b/electron/store.js
index 2cfdcbe9d..d953d13f6 100644
--- a/electron/store.js
+++ b/electron/store.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const schema = {
  * @note All versions prior will be migrated to the latest version.
  * @type {Record<string, (store: Store<{[key: string]: unknown}>) => void>} */
 const migrations = {
-  '0.1.0-rc146': (store) => {
+  '0.1.0-rc149': (store) => {
     // Environment name and current staking program are unused
     // can revisit environment name if we need to support multiple environments
     if (store.has('environmentName')) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ed7a09d8d..38f5b344e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -58,5 +58,5 @@
     "download-binaries": "sh download_binaries.sh",
     "build:pearl": "sh build_pearl.sh"
   },
-  "version": "0.1.0-rc146"
+  "version": "0.1.0-rc149"
 }
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1a7daa645..daff1ac53 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "olas-operate-middleware"
-version = "0.1.0-rc146"
+version = "0.1.0-rc149"
 description = ""
 authors = ["David Vilela <dvilelaf@gmail.com>", "Viraj Patel <vptl185@gmail.com>"]
 readme = "README.md"