diff --git a/public/sw.js b/public/sw.js
index ee4e211..4c918f5 100644
--- a/public/sw.js
+++ b/public/sw.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const CACHE_NAME = 'brew-journal-v1';
+const CACHE_NAME = 'brew-journal-v2';
 
 // Static assets to cache immediately
 const PRECACHE_ASSETS = [
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ self.addEventListener('install', (e) => {
   self.skipWaiting();
 });
 
-// Activate Event
+// Activate Event — clean old caches and notify clients of update
 self.addEventListener('activate', (e) => {
   e.waitUntil(
     caches.keys().then((keys) => {
@@ -31,9 +31,18 @@ self.addEventListener('activate', (e) => {
           }
         })
       );
+    }).then(() => {
+      // Take control of all open clients immediately
+      return self.clients.claim();
+    }).then(() => {
+      // Notify all clients that a new version is now active
+      return self.clients.matchAll({ type: 'window' }).then((clients) => {
+        clients.forEach((client) => {
+          client.postMessage({ type: 'SW_UPDATED' });
+        });
+      });
     })
   );
-  self.clients.claim();
 });
 
 // Fetch Event
@@ -46,7 +55,23 @@ self.addEventListener('fetch', (e) => {
     return;
   }
 
-  // Stale-while-revalidate for static assets
+  // Network-first for HTML documents so users always get fresh markup
+  if (e.request.mode === 'navigate') {
+    e.respondWith(
+      fetch(e.request).then((networkResponse) => {
+        const responseToCache = networkResponse.clone();
+        caches.open(CACHE_NAME).then((cache) => {
+          cache.put(e.request, responseToCache);
+        });
+        return networkResponse;
+      }).catch(() => {
+        return caches.match(e.request);
+      })
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Stale-while-revalidate for other static assets
   e.respondWith(
     caches.match(e.request).then((cachedResponse) => {
       if (cachedResponse) {
@@ -54,11 +79,11 @@ self.addEventListener('fetch', (e) => {
         fetch(e.request).then((networkResponse) => {
           if (networkResponse.status === 200) {
             caches.open(CACHE_NAME).then((cache) => {
-              cache.put(e.request, networkResponse);
+              cache.put(e.request, networkResponse.clone());
             });
           }
         }).catch(() => {/* Ignore network errors offline */});
-        
+
         return cachedResponse;
       }
 
@@ -67,12 +92,12 @@ self.addEventListener('fetch', (e) => {
         if (!networkResponse || networkResponse.status !== 200 || networkResponse.type !== 'basic') {
           return networkResponse;
         }
-        
+
         const responseToCache = networkResponse.clone();
         caches.open(CACHE_NAME).then((cache) => {
           cache.put(e.request, responseToCache);
         });
-        
+
         return networkResponse;
       });
     })
diff --git a/src/App.jsx b/src/App.jsx
index 03cc4bf..dcefd79 100644
--- a/src/App.jsx
+++ b/src/App.jsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import BeanDetail from "./components/BeanDetail";
 import BrewCard from "./components/BrewCard";
 import BottomNav from "./components/BottomNav";
 import IosPromptModal from "./components/IosPromptModal";
+import UpdatePrompt from "./components/UpdatePrompt";
 
 
 // Import constants
@@ -343,6 +344,9 @@ export default function CoffeeLogbook() {
       
       {/* iOS/iPadOS PWA Install Prompt */}
       <IosPromptModal />
+
+      {/* PWA Update Prompt */}
+      <UpdatePrompt />
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/components/UpdatePrompt.jsx b/src/components/UpdatePrompt.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d28f33c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/UpdatePrompt.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react";
+import { RefreshCw } from "lucide-react";
+
+export default function UpdatePrompt() {
+  const [show, setShow] = useState(false);
+  const [active, setActive] = useState(false);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!("serviceWorker" in navigator)) return;
+
+    const handleMessage = (event) => {
+      if (event.data?.type === "SW_UPDATED") {
+        setShow(true);
+        requestAnimationFrame(() => setActive(true));
+      }
+    };
+
+    navigator.serviceWorker.addEventListener("message", handleMessage);
+    return () => navigator.serviceWorker.removeEventListener("message", handleMessage);
+  }, []);
+
+  if (!show) return null;
+
+  const handleUpdate = () => {
+    setActive(false);
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      window.location.reload();
+    }, 250);
+  };
+
+  const handleDismiss = () => {
+    setActive(false);
+    setTimeout(() => setShow(false), 200);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      className={`fixed inset-x-0 bottom-28 z-[150] flex justify-center px-4 transition-all duration-300 ease-out ${active ? "opacity-100 translate-y-0" : "opacity-0 translate-y-4"}`}
+    >
+      <div className="bg-[#2C1810] text-[#FAF6F1] rounded-2xl shadow-[0_8px_32px_rgba(44,24,16,0.35)] flex items-center gap-3 px-4 py-3.5 max-w-[420px] w-full">
+        {/* Icon */}
+        <div className="w-9 h-9 rounded-xl bg-white/10 flex items-center justify-center flex-shrink-0">
+          <RefreshCw size={16} strokeWidth={2.5} className="text-white" />
+        </div>
+
+        {/* Text */}
+        <div className="flex-1 min-w-0">
+          <div className="text-sm font-semibold text-white leading-tight">Update available</div>
+          <div className="text-xs text-white/60 mt-0.5">A new version of Brew is ready.</div>
+        </div>
+
+        {/* Actions */}
+        <div className="flex items-center gap-2 flex-shrink-0">
+          <button
+            onClick={handleDismiss}
+            className="text-xs text-white/50 hover:text-white/80 transition-colors cursor-pointer px-1 py-1"
+          >
+            Later
+          </button>
+          <button
+            onClick={handleUpdate}
+            className="text-xs font-semibold bg-white text-[#2C1810] px-3 py-1.5 rounded-lg hover:bg-white/90 transition-colors cursor-pointer"
+          >
+            Update
+          </button>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/main.jsx b/src/main.jsx
index eb0bcc1..60c3750 100644
--- a/src/main.jsx
+++ b/src/main.jsx
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ createRoot(document.getElementById('root')).render(
 if ('serviceWorker' in navigator) {
   window.addEventListener('load', () => {
     navigator.serviceWorker.register('/sw.js')
-      .then(reg => console.log('Service Worker registered', reg))
+      .then(reg => {
+        console.log('Service Worker registered', reg);
+      })
       .catch(err => console.error('Service Worker registration failed', err));
   });
 }