diff --git a/app/Application.php b/app/Application.php
index de3d3a18..72bbde4a 100644
--- a/app/Application.php
+++ b/app/Application.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 class Application extends \Hyde\Foundation\Application
 {
-    final public const APP_VERSION = '0.7.2';
+    final public const APP_VERSION = '0.7.3';
 
     public function getCachedPackagesPath(): string
     {
diff --git a/app/Commands/SelfUpdateCommand.php b/app/Commands/SelfUpdateCommand.php
index b3bc0639..2b51e6fc 100644
--- a/app/Commands/SelfUpdateCommand.php
+++ b/app/Commands/SelfUpdateCommand.php
@@ -274,7 +274,18 @@ protected function replaceApplication(string $downloadedFile): void
         $this->debug("Moving file $downloadedFile to $applicationPath");
 
         // Replace the current application with the downloaded one
-        rename($downloadedFile, $applicationPath);
+        try {
+            // This might give Permission denied if we can't write to the bin path (might need sudo)
+            rename($downloadedFile, $applicationPath);
+        } catch (Throwable $exception) {
+            // Check if it is a permission issue
+            if (Str::containsAll($exception->getMessage(), ['rename', 'Permission denied'])) {
+                throw new RuntimeException('The application path is not writable. Please rerun the command with elevated privileges (e.g. using sudo).', 126, $exception);
+            }
+
+            // Unknown error, rethrow the exception
+            throw $exception;
+        }
     }
 
     protected function updateViaComposer(): void
diff --git a/builds/hyde b/builds/hyde
index 42222615..fcf5028d 100755
Binary files a/builds/hyde and b/builds/hyde differ