diff --git a/.claude/JOURNAL.md b/.claude/JOURNAL.md
index 619d6f6..53610e6 100644
--- a/.claude/JOURNAL.md
+++ b/.claude/JOURNAL.md
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ This journal tracks substantive work on documents, diagrams, and documentation c
     **Result**: Changed watchtower image from containrrr/watchtower:latest to nickfedor/watchtower:latest in compose.yml, new image is actively maintained and compatible with latest Docker versions, bumped version to 3.3.1
 
 16. **Task - Cleanup startup scripts**: Removed obsolete nvidia-smi script and renumbered ensure_groups<br>
-    **Result**: Deleted 01_nvidia-smi.sh (GPU detection handled in jupyterhub_config.py), renamed 02_ensure_groups.py to 01_ensure_groups.py for sequential ordering, bumped version to 3.3.2
+    **Result**: Deleted 01_nvidia-smi.sh (GPU detection now uses separate nvidia/cuda container spawned by jupyterhub_config.py), renamed 02_ensure_groups.py to 01_ensure_groups.py for sequential ordering, bumped version to 3.3.2
diff --git a/project.env b/project.env
index 1ef8701..2351d64 100644
--- a/project.env
+++ b/project.env
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME="stellars-jupyterhub-ds"
 PROJECT_DESCRIPTION="Multi-user JupyterHub 4 deployment platform with data science stack, GPU auto-detection, NativeAuthenticator, and isolated per-user environments spawned via DockerSpawner"
 
 # Version
-VERSION="3.3.2_cuda-12.9.1_jh-5.4.2"
+VERSION="3.3.3_cuda-12.9.1_jh-5.4.2"
 VERSION_COMMENT="Updated watchtower to maintained fork (nickfedor/watchtower), configuration-agnostic volume management, admin notification broadcast, privileged user docker.sock access"
 RELEASE_TAG="RELEASE_3.2.11"
 RELEASE_DATE="2025-11-09"