diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8128119..5725be6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ This way even entityIds like environmentIds or testCaseIds will be autocompleted
 
 # octomind
 
-Octomind cli tool. Version: 4.3.0. Additional documentation see https://octomind.dev/docs/api-reference/
+Octomind cli tool. Version: 4.3.1. Additional documentation see https://octomind.dev/docs/api-reference/
 
 **Usage:** `octomind [options] [command]`
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e5a2f56..12b46dd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@octomind/octomind",
-  "version": "4.3.0",
+  "version": "4.3.1",
   "description": "a command line client for octomind apis",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "packageManager": "pnpm@10.28.0+sha512.05df71d1421f21399e053fde567cea34d446fa02c76571441bfc1c7956e98e363088982d940465fd34480d4d90a0668bc12362f8aa88000a64e83d0b0e47be48",
diff --git a/src/tools/update.ts b/src/tools/update.ts
index 2091739..3aff6dd 100644
--- a/src/tools/update.ts
+++ b/src/tools/update.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import which from "which";
 
 export const update = async (): Promise<void> => {
   const pathToRoot = path.posix.normalize(
-    path.join(homedir(), "/.local/packages"),
+    path.join(homedir(), ".local", "packages"),
   );
   const pathToPackageJson = path.join(pathToRoot, "package.json");
 
@@ -25,15 +25,22 @@ export const update = async (): Promise<void> => {
     process.exit(1);
   }
 
-  console.log(`updating package.json at ${pathToPackageJson}`);
+  const oldVersion = child_process.execSync("npm list @octomind/octomind", {
+    cwd: pathToRoot,
+    stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "ignore"],
+  });
 
-  const result = child_process.execSync(
-    "npm install @octomind/octomind@latest",
-    {
-      cwd: path.dirname(pathToRoot),
-    },
-  );
+  console.log(`version before update: ${oldVersion}`);
+
+  child_process.execSync("npm install @octomind/octomind@latest", {
+    cwd: pathToRoot,
+    stdio: "ignore",
+  });
+
+  const newVersion = child_process.execSync("npm list @octomind/octomind", {
+    cwd: pathToRoot,
+    stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "ignore"],
+  });
 
-  console.log(`${result}`);
-  console.log("\n✔ update complete");
+  console.log(`✔ update complete: ${newVersion}`);
 };
diff --git a/tests/tools/update.spec.ts b/tests/tools/update.spec.ts
index e953ef8..12d934a 100644
--- a/tests/tools/update.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/tools/update.spec.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ describe("update", () => {
 
     expect(child_process.execSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       "npm install @octomind/octomind@latest",
-      { cwd: path.dirname(mockPathToRoot) },
+      { cwd: mockPathToRoot, stdio: "ignore" },
     );
   });