diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1a29d3a..78939ea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ Das Format folgt [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/de/1.1.0/), die V
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.14.2] - 2026-10-31
+
+### Fixed
+- Installierte App: Der Service Worker lieferte `manifest.json` zuerst aus dem Cache, sodass der Browser bei der Prüfung auf geänderte App-Farben noch die alte blaue Fassung sah. Das Manifest kommt jetzt immer frisch vom Server (Cache nur offline); die App-Caches werden einmal erneuert.
+
 ## [0.14.1] - 2026-10-30
 
 ### Fixed
@@ -340,7 +345,8 @@ Das Format folgt [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/de/1.1.0/), die V
 - Geteilte Listen (Einkaufs-, Pack- und Checklisten) mit `#Kategorie`-Gruppierung, Mengenangaben und Echtzeit-Abhaken.
 - Benutzer-, Gruppen- und Admin-Verwaltung (Ersteinrichtungs-Assistent, Einladungscodes, Profilbilder, persönliche API-Keys & Webhook-Ingest `/api/v1/webhooks/ingest`, JSON-Datenexport) sowie CSS-Theme-Engine mit 4 Themes (`Dark`, `Light`, `High Contrast`, `Soft`) und PWA-Unterstützung.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://git.dsit.me/sandrodach/MindSift/compare/v0.14.1...dev
+[Unreleased]: https://git.dsit.me/sandrodach/MindSift/compare/v0.14.2...dev
+[0.14.2]: https://git.dsit.me/sandrodach/MindSift/compare/v0.14.1...v0.14.2
 [0.14.1]: https://git.dsit.me/sandrodach/MindSift/compare/v0.14.0...v0.14.1
 [0.14.0]: https://git.dsit.me/sandrodach/MindSift/compare/v0.13.0...v0.14.0
 [0.13.0]: https://git.dsit.me/sandrodach/MindSift/compare/v0.12.2...v0.13.0
diff --git a/frontend/package-lock.json b/frontend/package-lock.json
index 56a0904..333a94d 100644
--- a/frontend/package-lock.json
+++ b/frontend/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "mindsift-frontend",
-  "version": "0.14.1",
+  "version": "0.14.2",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "mindsift-frontend",
-      "version": "0.14.1",
+      "version": "0.14.2",
       "license": "Unlicense",
       "dependencies": {
         "@fontsource-variable/inter": "5.3.0",
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 881bba6..3658ed2 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "mindsift-frontend",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "0.14.1",
+  "version": "0.14.2",
   "license": "Unlicense",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/frontend/public/sw.js b/frontend/public/sw.js
index cbda0bd..f05efa3 100644
--- a/frontend/public/sw.js
+++ b/frontend/public/sw.js
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 // - Page loads (navigation): network first, so a new release is picked up right away; offline the
 //   last loaded index.html is used.
 // - Built bundles (/assets/*, file names contain a content hash): from the cache, loaded once.
-// - Icons and manifest: from the cache, refreshed in the background.
+// - Icons: from the cache, refreshed in the background.
+// - Manifest: network first (the browser checks it for changed app colours and name; a cached copy
+//   would hand it the old values), the cache only offline.
 // - API requests are never touched; offline data comes from the app's own cache (lib/offline.ts).
 // Raise VERSION when this file changes in a way that needs fresh caches.
-const VERSION = 'v3';
+const VERSION = 'v4';
 const SHELL_CACHE = `mindsift-shell-${VERSION}`;
 const ASSET_CACHE = `mindsift-assets-${VERSION}`;
 const MAX_ASSETS = 80;
@@ -70,6 +72,17 @@ async function cacheFirstAsset(request) {
   return response;
 }
 
+async function networkFirstShell(request) {
+  const cache = await caches.open(SHELL_CACHE);
+  try {
+    const response = await fetch(request, { cache: 'no-store' });
+    if (response.ok && response.type === 'basic') cache.put(request, response.clone());
+    return response;
+  } catch {
+    return (await cache.match(request)) || Response.error();
+  }
+}
+
 async function staleWhileRevalidate(request) {
   const cache = await caches.open(SHELL_CACHE);
   const hit = await cache.match(request);
@@ -162,6 +175,8 @@ self.addEventListener('fetch', (event) => {
     event.respondWith(networkFirstPage(request));
   } else if (url.pathname.startsWith('/assets/')) {
     event.respondWith(cacheFirstAsset(request));
+  } else if (url.pathname === '/manifest.json') {
+    event.respondWith(networkFirstShell(request));
   } else if (SHELL_URLS.includes(url.pathname)) {
     event.respondWith(staleWhileRevalidate(request));
   }