diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 93956a015..da3690898 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 - Show attached .eml files correctly #3561
 - Auto accept contact requests if `Config::Bot` is set for a client #3567 
 - Don't prepend the subject to chat messages in mailinglists
+- fix `set_core_version.py` script to also update version in `deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json` 
 
 
 ## 1.93.0
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json
index 3ca53eb60..74dd13d64 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json
@@ -1,29 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "name": "deltachat-jsonrpc-client",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
-  "main": "dist/deltachat.js",
-  "types": "dist/deltachat.d.ts",
-  "type": "module",
   "author": "Delta Chat Developers (ML) <delta@codespeak.net>",
-  "license": "MPL-2.0",
-  "scripts": {
-    "prettier:check": "prettier --check **.ts",
-    "prettier:fix": "prettier --write **.ts",
-    "generate-bindings": "cargo test",
-    "build": "run-s generate-bindings build:tsc build:bundle",
-    "build:tsc": "tsc",
-    "build:bundle": "esbuild --format=esm --bundle dist/deltachat.js --outfile=dist/deltachat.bundle.js",
-    "example": "run-s build example:build example:start",
-    "example:build": "esbuild --bundle dist/example/example.js --outfile=dist/example.bundle.js",
-    "example:start": "http-server .",
-    "example:dev": "esbuild example/example.ts --bundle --outfile=dist/example.bundle.js --servedir=.",
-    "test": "run-s test:prepare test:run-coverage test:report-coverage",
-    "test:prepare": "cargo build --features webserver --bin deltachat-jsonrpc-server",
-    "test:run": "mocha dist/test",
-    "test:run-coverage": "COVERAGE=1 NODE_OPTIONS=--enable-source-maps c8 --include 'dist/*' -r text -r html -r json mocha dist/test",
-    "test:report-coverage": "node report_api_coverage.mjs",
-    "docs": "typedoc --out docs deltachat.ts"
-  },
   "dependencies": {
     "isomorphic-ws": "^4.0.1",
     "tiny-emitter": "git+https://github.com/Simon-Laux/tiny-emitter.git",
@@ -47,5 +23,29 @@
     "typedoc": "^0.23.2",
     "typescript": "^4.5.5",
     "ws": "^8.5.0"
-  }
-}
+  },
+  "license": "MPL-2.0",
+  "main": "dist/deltachat.js",
+  "name": "deltachat-jsonrpc-client",
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "run-s generate-bindings build:tsc build:bundle",
+    "build:bundle": "esbuild --format=esm --bundle dist/deltachat.js --outfile=dist/deltachat.bundle.js",
+    "build:tsc": "tsc",
+    "docs": "typedoc --out docs deltachat.ts",
+    "example": "run-s build example:build example:start",
+    "example:build": "esbuild --bundle dist/example/example.js --outfile=dist/example.bundle.js",
+    "example:dev": "esbuild example/example.ts --bundle --outfile=dist/example.bundle.js --servedir=.",
+    "example:start": "http-server .",
+    "generate-bindings": "cargo test",
+    "prettier:check": "prettier --check **.ts",
+    "prettier:fix": "prettier --write **.ts",
+    "test": "run-s test:prepare test:run-coverage test:report-coverage",
+    "test:prepare": "cargo build --features webserver --bin deltachat-jsonrpc-server",
+    "test:report-coverage": "node report_api_coverage.mjs",
+    "test:run": "mocha dist/test",
+    "test:run-coverage": "COVERAGE=1 NODE_OPTIONS=--enable-source-maps c8 --include 'dist/*' -r text -r html -r json mocha dist/test"
+  },
+  "type": "module",
+  "types": "dist/deltachat.d.ts",
+  "version": "1.93.0"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/set_core_version.py b/scripts/set_core_version.py
index 214b88c44..e998fa283 100755
--- a/scripts/set_core_version.py
+++ b/scripts/set_core_version.py
@@ -42,15 +42,15 @@ def replace_toml_version(relpath, newversion):
 
 
 def read_json_version(relpath):
-    p = pathlib.Path("package.json")
+    p = pathlib.Path(relpath)
     assert p.exists()
     with open(p, "r") as f:
         json_data = json.loads(f.read())
     return json_data["version"]
 
 
-def update_package_json(newversion):
-    p = pathlib.Path("package.json")
+def update_package_json(relpath, newversion):
+    p = pathlib.Path(relpath)
     assert p.exists()
     with open(p, "r") as f:
         json_data = json.loads(f.read())
@@ -64,13 +64,15 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument("newversion")
 
     toml_list = ["Cargo.toml", "deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml",  "deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml"]
+    json_list = ["package.json",  "deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json"]
     try:
         opts = parser.parse_args()
     except SystemExit:
         print()
         for x in toml_list:
             print("{}: {}".format(x, read_toml_version(x)))
-        print("package.json:", str(read_json_version("package.json")))
+        for x in json_list:
+            print("{}: {}".format(x, read_json_version(x)))
         print()
         raise SystemExit("need argument: new version, example: 1.25.0")
 
@@ -93,7 +95,10 @@ def main():
 
     for toml_filename in toml_list:
         replace_toml_version(toml_filename, newversion)
-    update_package_json(newversion)
+    
+    for json_filename in json_list:
+        update_package_json(json_filename, newversion)
+
 
     print("running cargo check")
     subprocess.call(["cargo", "check"])