diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8e65cf6..ed0345c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "icp-cli-network-launcher"
-version = "12.0.0-2026-03-19-04-43"
+version = "12.0.0-83c3f95e8c4ce28e02493df83df5f84a166451c0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "camino",
@@ -1324,8 +1324,8 @@ checksum = "8b870d8c151b6f2fb93e84a13146138f05d02ed11c7e7c54f8826aaaf7c9f184"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pocket-ic"
-version = "12.0.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/dfinity/ic?rev=d17cf0bcd330e94f868cc7d19d0ac860cbe64198#d17cf0bcd330e94f868cc7d19d0ac860cbe64198"
+version = "13.0.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/dfinity/ic?rev=83c3f95e8c4ce28e02493df83df5f84a166451c0#83c3f95e8c4ce28e02493df83df5f84a166451c0"
 dependencies = [
  "backoff",
  "base64 0.13.1",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0d31e70..b53eb00 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "icp-cli-network-launcher"
-version = "12.0.0-2026-03-19-04-43"
+version = "12.0.0-83c3f95e8c4ce28e02493df83df5f84a166451c0"
 edition = "2024"
 authors = ["DFINITY Stiftung <sdk@dfinity.org>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ clap = { version = "4.5.53", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 hex = "0.4.3"
 ic_principal = "0.1.1"
 notify = "8.2.0"
-pocket-ic = { git = "https://github.com/dfinity/ic", rev = "d17cf0bcd330e94f868cc7d19d0ac860cbe64198" }
+pocket-ic = { git = "https://github.com/dfinity/ic", rev = "83c3f95e8c4ce28e02493df83df5f84a166451c0" }
 reqwest = { version = "0.12.24", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-tls", "json"] }
 semver = "1.0.27"
 serde = { version = "1.0.228", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/package.sh b/package.sh
index 3d11591..724469c 100755
--- a/package.sh
+++ b/package.sh
@@ -41,15 +41,31 @@ fi
 
 v=$(cargo metadata --format-version=1 --no-deps | jq -r '.packages[] | select(.name=="icp-cli-network-launcher") | .version')
 source=$(cargo metadata --format-version=1 --no-deps | jq -r '.packages[] | select(.name=="icp-cli-network-launcher") | .dependencies[] | select(.name=="pocket-ic") | .source')
-reg='([0-9.]+)(-((r[0-9]+$)|(([0-9-]+)(\.(r[0-9]+))?)))?'
-if [[ "$v" =~ $reg ]]; then
+# Parse version: X.Y.Z with optional suffix
+if [[ "$v" =~ ^([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)(-.+)?$ ]]; then
     pkgver=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
-    icdate=${BASH_REMATCH[6]:-}
-    patchrel=${BASH_REMATCH[4]:-${BASH_REMATCH[8]:-}}
+    suffix=${BASH_REMATCH[2]:-}
+    suffix=${suffix#-}
 else
-    die "could not parse package version $v - should be 1.2.3[-r1] or 1.2.3-2026-01-29-16-08[.r1]"
+    die "could not parse package version $v"
 fi
-if [[ "$v" = *"-"* ]]; then
+githash=""
+icdate=""
+patchrel=""
+if [[ -z "$suffix" ]]; then
+    :
+elif [[ "$suffix" =~ ^(r[0-9]+)$ ]]; then
+    patchrel=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+elif [[ "$suffix" =~ ^([0-9a-f]{40})(-(r[0-9]+))?$ ]]; then
+    githash=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+    patchrel=${BASH_REMATCH[3]:-}
+elif [[ "$suffix" =~ ^([0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2})(\.(r[0-9]+))?$ ]]; then
+    icdate=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+    patchrel=${BASH_REMATCH[3]:-}
+else
+    die "could not parse package version $v - expected 1.2.3[-r1], 1.2.3-2026-01-29-16-08[.r1], or 1.2.3-<git-hash>[-r1]"
+fi
+if [[ -n "$icdate" || -n "$githash" || -n "$patchrel" ]]; then
     [[ "$source" = "git+"* ]] || die "package.version is patch but pocket-ic dependency is not git"
 else
     [[ "$source" != "git+"* ]] || die "package.version is not patch but pocket-ic dependency is git"
@@ -59,13 +75,16 @@ outdir="${dir:-"dist/${name}"}"
 cargo build --release "${cargo_args[@]}"
 mkdir -p "${outdir}"
 cp "target/release/icp-cli-network-launcher" "${outdir}/"
-if [[ -z "$icdate" ]]; then
-    echo "Fetching pocket-ic from: https://github.com/dfinity/pocketic/releases/download/${pkgver}/pocket-ic-${arch}-${os}.gz"
-    curl --proto '=https' -sSfL --tlsv1.2 "https://github.com/dfinity/pocketic/releases/download/${pkgver}/pocket-ic-${arch}-${os}.gz" -o "${outdir}/pocket-ic.gz" ${GITHUB_TOKEN:+ -H "Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" }
-else
+if [[ -n "$githash" ]]; then
+    echo "Fetching pocket-ic from: https://download.dfinity.systems/ic/${githash}/binaries/${arch}-${os}/pocket-ic.gz"
+    curl --proto '=https' -sSfL --tlsv1.2 "https://download.dfinity.systems/ic/${githash}/binaries/${arch}-${os}/pocket-ic.gz" -o "${outdir}/pocket-ic.gz"
+elif [[ -n "$icdate" ]]; then
     icver=$(sed 's/-/_/3' <<<"${icdate}")
     echo "Fetching pocket-ic from: https://github.com/dfinity/ic/releases/download/release-${icver}-base/pocket-ic-${arch}-${os}.gz"
     curl --proto '=https' -sSfL --tlsv1.2 "https://github.com/dfinity/ic/releases/download/release-${icver}-base/pocket-ic-${arch}-${os}.gz" -o "${outdir}/pocket-ic.gz" ${GITHUB_TOKEN:+ -H "Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" }
+else
+    echo "Fetching pocket-ic from: https://github.com/dfinity/pocketic/releases/download/${pkgver}/pocket-ic-${arch}-${os}.gz"
+    curl --proto '=https' -sSfL --tlsv1.2 "https://github.com/dfinity/pocketic/releases/download/${pkgver}/pocket-ic-${arch}-${os}.gz" -o "${outdir}/pocket-ic.gz" ${GITHUB_TOKEN:+ -H "Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" }
 fi
 gunzip -f "${outdir}/pocket-ic.gz"
 chmod a+x "${outdir}/pocket-ic"