diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index 02965e13..1ab5c65d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ jobs:
         wget -c https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/autobuild-2023-11-30-12-55/ffmpeg-n6.0.1-win64-lgpl-shared-6.0.zip
         unzip -o ffmpeg-n6.0.1-win64-lgpl-shared-6.0.zip
         cp ffmpeg-n6.0.1-win64-lgpl-shared-6.0/bin/*.dll release/
+        # remove unused libraries
+        rm -fv release/avdevice*.dll release/avfilter*.dll release/postproc*.dll
         # static SDL2
         wget -c https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases/download/release-2.28.5/SDL2-2.28.5-win32-x64.zip
         unzip -o SDL2-2.28.5-win32-x64.zip
diff --git a/src/common/header/common.h b/src/common/header/common.h
index 01b7c44f..9964addc 100644
--- a/src/common/header/common.h
+++ b/src/common/header/common.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include "shared.h"
 #include "crc.h"
 
-#define YQ2VERSION "8.31RR2"
+#define YQ2VERSION "8.31RR3"
 #define BASEDIRNAME "baseq2"
 
 #ifndef YQ2OSTYPE