diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index d8f1a300b..e29621e7d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ SHA-256-Checksum: 540d9d049900f6a15d3fc325dec48de31d884a5d98eba170fad268cfd0f08f
 - Update: RTL v0.15.2 [details](https://github.com/Ride-The-Lightning/RTL/releases/tag/v0.15.2)
 - Update: Jam (JoinMarket Web UI) v0.3.0 [details](https://github.com/joinmarket-webui/jam/releases/tag/v0.3.0)
 - Update: CLBOSS 0.13.3 [details](https://github.com/ZmnSCPxj/clboss/releases/tag/v0.13.3)
+- Update: Electrum Server in Rust (electrs) v0.10.6 [details](https://github.com/romanz/electrs/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES.md#0106-sep-29-2024)
 
 ## What's new in Version 1.11.2 of RaspiBlitz?
 
diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.electrs.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.electrs.sh
index e80edfb8c..8a55c9adc 100755
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.electrs.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.electrs.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # https://github.com/romanz/electrs/releases
-ELECTRSVERSION="v0.10.4"
+ELECTRSVERSION="v0.10.6"
 
 # command info
 if [ $# -eq 0 ] || [ "$1" = "-h" ] || [ "$1" = "-help" ]; then
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "install" ]; then
 
     # verify
     sudo -u electrs /home/admin/config.scripts/blitz.git-verify.sh \
-      "${PGPsigner}" "${PGPpubkeyLink}" "${PGPpubkeyFingerprint}" || exit 1
+      "${PGPsigner}" "${PGPpubkeyLink}" "${PGPpubkeyFingerprint}" "${ELECTRSVERSION}" || exit 1
 
     # build
     sudo -u electrs /home/electrs/.cargo/bin/cargo build --locked --release || exit 1
@@ -368,7 +368,6 @@ if [ "$1" = "1" ] || [ "$1" = "on" ]; then
     sudo -u electrs mkdir /home/electrs/.electrs 2>/dev/null
     echo "\
 log_filters = \"WARN\"
-timestamp = true
 jsonrpc_import = true
 index-batch-size = 10
 wait_duration_secs = 10
@@ -599,7 +598,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "update" ]; then
     sudo -u electrs git reset --hard $updateVersion
 
     sudo -u electrs /home/admin/config.scripts/blitz.git-verify.sh \
-      "${PGPsigner}" "${PGPpubkeyLink}" "${PGPpubkeyFingerprint}" || exit 1
+      "${PGPsigner}" "${PGPpubkeyLink}" "${PGPpubkeyFingerprint}" "${updateVersion}" || exit 1
 
     echo "# Installing build dependencies"
     sudo -u electrs curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sudo -u electrs sh -s -- --default-toolchain none -y
@@ -612,6 +611,8 @@ if [ "$1" = "update" ]; then
     # update config
     sudo -u electrs sed -i "/^server_banner = /d" /home/electrs/.electrs/config.toml
     sudo -u electrs bash -c "echo 'server_banner = \"Welcome to electrs $updateVersion - the Electrum Rust Server on your RaspiBlitz\"' >> /home/electrs/.electrs/config.toml"
+    # remove the deprecated timestamp entry
+    sudo -u electrs sed -i '/^timestamp = true/d' /home/electrs/.electrs/config.toml
 
     echo "# Updated Electrs to $updateVersion"
   fi