# Why bisq requires me to update when i have latest version **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [May 1, 2026, 12:56pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/why-bisq-requires-me-to-update-when-i-have-latest-version/13665 "2026-05-01T12:56:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![MnM](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/mnm/32/257_2.png) [@MnM](https://bisq.community/u/MnM)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 2:44pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/why-bisq-requires-me-to-update-when-i-have-latest-version/13665/2 "2026-05-01T14:44:05Z")
> [@Bisq v1 exploit](https://bisq.community/t/bisq-v1-exploit/13666): > > Bisq v1 has experienced an exploit in its trade protocol that allowed an attacker to drain a portion of available offers. The impact was limited to open offers that were actively taken by the attacker over the last 12 hours. Funds held in users’ Bisq Bitcoin wallets were not affected. As an immediate mitigation, an emergency mechanism was activated to disable trading by setting the required trading version to 2.0.0 — a version that does not exist. This effectively prevents the attacker from co… --- _[View the full topic](https://bisq.community/t/why-bisq-requires-me-to-update-when-i-have-latest-version/13665)._