diff --git a/bin/COMPILE.cmd b/bin/COMPILE.cmd
index 1650f5a3..8488a989 100644
--- a/bin/COMPILE.cmd
+++ b/bin/COMPILE.cmd
@@ -7,12 +7,16 @@ SET PYTHON32=c:\python37-32\python.exe
 
 
 cd C:\GIT\npbackup
+git pull || exit 1
 
 :: Make sure we add npbackup in python path so bin and npbackup subfolders become packages
 SET OLD_PYTHONPATH=%PYTHONPATH%
 SET PYTHONPATH=c:\GIT\npbackup
 
+"%PYTHON64%" -m pip install --upgrade -r npbackup/requirements.txt || exit 1
 "%PYTHON64%" bin\compile.py --audience all
+
+"%PYTHON32%" -m pip install --upgrade -r npbackup/requirements.txt || exit 1
 "%PYTHON32%" bin\compile.py --audience all
 
 SET PYTHONPATH=%OLD_PYTHONPATH%
diff --git a/bin/COMPILE.sh b/bin/COMPILE.sh
index 18b76832..b0d5527d 100755
--- a/bin/COMPILE.sh
+++ b/bin/COMPILE.sh
@@ -5,10 +5,15 @@
 machine="$(uname -m)"
 
 cd /opt/npbackup
+git pull || exit 1
 
 OLD_PYTHONPATH="$PYTHONPATH"
 export PYTHONPATH=/opt/npbackup
 
+# For RHEL 7 based builds, we need to define path to locally built tcl8.6
+[ -d /usr/local/lib/tcl8.6 ] && export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib
+
+/opt/npbackup/venv/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade -r npbackup/requirements.txt || exit 1
 /opt/npbackup/venv/bin/python bin/compile.py --audience all $opts
 
 export PYTHONPATH="$OLD_PYTHONPATH"
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diff --git a/npbackup/__version__.py b/npbackup/__version__.py
index ec1a7a35..1ec3a2f6 100644
--- a/npbackup/__version__.py
+++ b/npbackup/__version__.py
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 __description__ = "NetPerfect Backup Client"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2022-2024 NetInvent"
 __license__ = "GPL-3.0-only"
-__build__ = "2024091601"
-__version__ = "3.0.0-rc6"
+__build__ = "2024102401"
+__version__ = "3.0.0-rc7"
 
 
 import sys