diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e2d98f0..9e64e37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ jobs:
           cache: 'yarn'
       - name: Installing dependencies
         run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
+      - name: Verify patch application
+        run: |
+          grep -q "extensionId:" node_modules/semantic-release-firefox-add-on/src/constants.js || echo "Patch applied successfully"
       - name: Building extension
         run: yarn build
       - name: Releasing
diff --git a/.releaserc.js b/.releaserc.js
index 3248fa4..f17a7bb 100644
--- a/.releaserc.js
+++ b/.releaserc.js
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ const generatePluginsConfig = () => {
     [
       'semantic-release-firefox-add-on',
       {
-        extensionId: '{c48d361c-1173-11ee-be56-0242ac120002}',
         targetXpi: 'masked-email-manager_v${nextRelease.version}_firefox.xpi',
         sourceDir: 'dist-firefox',
         channel: currentBranch === 'main' ? 'listed' : 'unlisted', // only publish to firefox store on main branch
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b8472d6..abd8918 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
     "dev": "nodemon",
     "semantic-release": "semantic-release",
     "upgrade-packages": "npx npm-check-updates -u && yarn",
-    "update-version": "node utils/update-version.js"
+    "update-version": "node utils/update-version.js",
+    "postinstall": "patch-package"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "fastmail-masked-email": "^2.1.9",
@@ -60,7 +61,9 @@
     "husky": "^9.0.11",
     "nodemon": "^3.1.4",
     "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
+    "patch-package": "^8.0.0",
     "postcss": "^8.4.38",
+    "postinstall-postinstall": "^2.1.0",
     "prettier": "^3.3.2",
     "rimraf": "^5.0.7",
     "run-script-os": "^1.1.6",
diff --git a/patches/semantic-release-firefox-add-on+0.2.8.patch b/patches/semantic-release-firefox-add-on+0.2.8.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d64058f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/semantic-release-firefox-add-on+0.2.8.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+diff --git a/node_modules/semantic-release-firefox-add-on/src/constants.js b/node_modules/semantic-release-firefox-add-on/src/constants.js
+index c5dea36..2e34ade 100644
+--- a/node_modules/semantic-release-firefox-add-on/src/constants.js
++++ b/node_modules/semantic-release-firefox-add-on/src/constants.js
+@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ const defaultOptions = {
+ }
+ 
+ const requiredOptions = {
+-    extensionId:
+-        'Omitting this would create a new extension instead of a new version.',
+     targetXpi:
+         'Omitting this would leave the xpi file unnamed when it is returned from mozilla.',
+ }
+diff --git a/node_modules/semantic-release-firefox-add-on/src/publish.js b/node_modules/semantic-release-firefox-add-on/src/publish.js
+index ad0f63d..6c3ce35 100644
+--- a/node_modules/semantic-release-firefox-add-on/src/publish.js
++++ b/node_modules/semantic-release-firefox-add-on/src/publish.js
+@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ const publish = async options => {
+     // the console which will lead to the validation page which should contain
+     // detailed reasons why the extension was rejected
+     const {
+-        extensionId,
+         artifactsDir,
+         channel,
+         sourceDir,
+@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ const publish = async options => {
+             apiSecret: FIREFOX_SECRET_KEY,
+             artifactsDir,
+             channel,
+-            id: extensionId,
+             sourceDir,
+         },
+         { signAddon },
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0a2385f..6d7e5c3 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1506,6 +1506,11 @@
   dependencies:
     "@swc/core" "^1.5.7"
 
+"@yarnpkg/lockfile@^1.1.0":
+  version "1.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@yarnpkg/lockfile/-/lockfile-1.1.0.tgz#e77a97fbd345b76d83245edcd17d393b1b41fb31"
+  integrity sha512-GpSwvyXOcOOlV70vbnzjj4fW5xW/FdUF6nQEt1ENy7m4ZCczi1+/buVUPAqmGfqznsORNFzUMjctTIp8a9tuCQ==
+
 JSONSelect@0.2.1:
   version "0.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/JSONSelect/-/JSONSelect-0.2.1.tgz#415418a526d33fe31d74b4defa3c836d485ec203"
@@ -2537,7 +2542,7 @@ chalk@^3.0.0:
     ansi-styles "^4.1.0"
     supports-color "^7.1.0"
 
-chalk@^4.0.0, chalk@^4.1.0:
+chalk@^4.0.0, chalk@^4.1.0, chalk@^4.1.2:
   version "4.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/chalk/-/chalk-4.1.2.tgz"
   integrity sha512-oKnbhFyRIXpUuez8iBMmyEa4nbj4IOQyuhc/wy9kY7/WVPcwIO9VA668Pu8RkO7+0G76SLROeyw9CpQ061i4mA==
@@ -2645,6 +2650,11 @@ ci-info@^2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ci-info/-/ci-info-2.0.0.tgz#67a9e964be31a51e15e5010d58e6f12834002f46"
   integrity sha512-5tK7EtrZ0N+OLFMthtqOj4fI2Jeb88C4CAZPu25LDVUgXJ0A3Js4PMGqrn0JU1W0Mh1/Z8wZzYPxqUrXeBboCQ==
 
+ci-info@^3.7.0:
+  version "3.9.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ci-info/-/ci-info-3.9.0.tgz#4279a62028a7b1f262f3473fc9605f5e218c59b4"
+  integrity sha512-NIxF55hv4nSqQswkAeiOi1r83xy8JldOFDTWiug55KBu9Jnblncd2U6ViHmYgHf01TPZS77NJBhBMKdWj9HQMQ==
+
 ci-info@^4.0.0:
   version "4.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ci-info/-/ci-info-4.0.0.tgz#65466f8b280fc019b9f50a5388115d17a63a44f2"
@@ -4454,6 +4464,13 @@ find-versions@^6.0.0:
     semver-regex "^4.0.5"
     super-regex "^1.0.0"
 
+find-yarn-workspace-root@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/find-yarn-workspace-root/-/find-yarn-workspace-root-2.0.0.tgz#f47fb8d239c900eb78179aa81b66673eac88f7bd"
+  integrity sha512-1IMnbjt4KzsQfnhnzNd8wUEgXZ44IzZaZmnLYx7D5FZlaHt2gW20Cri8Q+E/t5tIj4+epTBub+2Zxu/vNILzqQ==
+  dependencies:
+    micromatch "^4.0.2"
+
 firefox-profile@4.0.0:
   version "4.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/firefox-profile/-/firefox-profile-4.0.0.tgz#554839b19588826839e201c35fdc56362a77e29e"
@@ -4624,6 +4641,16 @@ fs-extra@^11.2.0:
     jsonfile "^6.0.1"
     universalify "^2.0.0"
 
+fs-extra@^9.0.0:
+  version "9.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-9.1.0.tgz#5954460c764a8da2094ba3554bf839e6b9a7c86d"
+  integrity sha512-hcg3ZmepS30/7BSFqRvoo3DOMQu7IjqxO5nCDt+zM9XWjb33Wg7ziNT+Qvqbuc3+gWpzO02JubVyk2G4Zvo1OQ==
+  dependencies:
+    at-least-node "^1.0.0"
+    graceful-fs "^4.2.0"
+    jsonfile "^6.0.1"
+    universalify "^2.0.0"
+
 fs-extra@~4.0.2:
   version "4.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-4.0.3.tgz#0d852122e5bc5beb453fb028e9c0c9bf36340c94"
@@ -6106,6 +6133,16 @@ json-stable-stringify-without-jsonify@^1.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/json-stable-stringify-without-jsonify/-/json-stable-stringify-without-jsonify-1.0.1.tgz"
   integrity sha512-Bdboy+l7tA3OGW6FjyFHWkP5LuByj1Tk33Ljyq0axyzdk9//JSi2u3fP1QSmd1KNwq6VOKYGlAu87CisVir6Pw==
 
+json-stable-stringify@^1.0.2:
+  version "1.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json-stable-stringify/-/json-stable-stringify-1.1.1.tgz#52d4361b47d49168bcc4e564189a42e5a7439454"
+  integrity sha512-SU/971Kt5qVQfJpyDveVhQ/vya+5hvrjClFOcr8c0Fq5aODJjMwutrOfCU+eCnVD5gpx1Q3fEqkyom77zH1iIg==
+  dependencies:
+    call-bind "^1.0.5"
+    isarray "^2.0.5"
+    jsonify "^0.0.1"
+    object-keys "^1.1.1"
+
 json-stringify-nice@^1.1.4:
   version "1.1.4"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/json-stringify-nice/-/json-stringify-nice-1.1.4.tgz"
@@ -6139,7 +6176,7 @@ jsonfile@^6.0.1:
   optionalDependencies:
     graceful-fs "^4.1.6"
 
-jsonify@~0.0.0:
+jsonify@^0.0.1, jsonify@~0.0.0:
   version "0.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonify/-/jsonify-0.0.1.tgz#2aa3111dae3d34a0f151c63f3a45d995d9420978"
   integrity sha512-2/Ki0GcmuqSrgFyelQq9M05y7PS0mEwuIzrf3f1fPqkVDVRvZrPZtVSMHxdgo8Aq0sxAOb/cr2aqqA3LeWHVPg==
@@ -6269,6 +6306,13 @@ kind-of@^6.0.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/kind-of/-/kind-of-6.0.3.tgz#07c05034a6c349fa06e24fa35aa76db4580ce4dd"
   integrity sha512-dcS1ul+9tmeD95T+x28/ehLgd9mENa3LsvDTtzm3vyBEO7RPptvAD+t44WVXaUjTBRcrpFeFlC8WCruUR456hw==
 
+klaw-sync@^6.0.0:
+  version "6.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/klaw-sync/-/klaw-sync-6.0.0.tgz#1fd2cfd56ebb6250181114f0a581167099c2b28c"
+  integrity sha512-nIeuVSzdCCs6TDPTqI8w1Yre34sSq7AkZ4B3sfOBbI2CgVSB4Du4aLQijFU2+lhAFCwt9+42Hel6lQNIv6AntQ==
+  dependencies:
+    graceful-fs "^4.1.11"
+
 language-subtag-registry@^0.3.20:
   version "0.3.23"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/language-subtag-registry/-/language-subtag-registry-0.3.23.tgz#23529e04d9e3b74679d70142df3fd2eb6ec572e7"
@@ -7636,6 +7680,14 @@ open@7.3.0:
     is-docker "^2.0.0"
     is-wsl "^2.1.1"
 
+open@^7.4.2:
+  version "7.4.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/open/-/open-7.4.2.tgz#b8147e26dcf3e426316c730089fd71edd29c2321"
+  integrity sha512-MVHddDVweXZF3awtlAS+6pgKLlm/JgxZ90+/NBurBoQctVOOB/zDdVjcyPzQ+0laDGbsWgrRkflI65sQeOgT9Q==
+  dependencies:
+    is-docker "^2.0.0"
+    is-wsl "^2.1.1"
+
 optionator@^0.9.1:
   version "0.9.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/optionator/-/optionator-0.9.4.tgz#7ea1c1a5d91d764fb282139c88fe11e182a3a734"
@@ -7674,6 +7726,11 @@ os-shim@^0.1.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/os-shim/-/os-shim-0.1.3.tgz#6b62c3791cf7909ea35ed46e17658bb417cb3917"
   integrity sha512-jd0cvB8qQ5uVt0lvCIexBaROw1KyKm5sbulg2fWOHjETisuCzWyt+eTZKEMs8v6HwzoGs8xik26jg7eCM6pS+A==
 
+os-tmpdir@~1.0.2:
+  version "1.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/os-tmpdir/-/os-tmpdir-1.0.2.tgz#bbe67406c79aa85c5cfec766fe5734555dfa1274"
+  integrity sha512-D2FR03Vir7FIu45XBY20mTb+/ZSWB00sjU9jdQXt83gDrI4Ztz5Fs7/yy74g2N5SVQY4xY1qDr4rNddwYRVX0g==
+
 p-cancelable@^1.0.0:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/p-cancelable/-/p-cancelable-1.1.0.tgz#d078d15a3af409220c886f1d9a0ca2e441ab26cc"
@@ -7930,6 +7987,27 @@ pascalcase@^0.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pascalcase/-/pascalcase-0.1.1.tgz#b363e55e8006ca6fe21784d2db22bd15d7917f14"
   integrity sha512-XHXfu/yOQRy9vYOtUDVMN60OEJjW013GoObG1o+xwQTpB9eYJX/BjXMsdW13ZDPruFhYYn0AG22w0xgQMwl3Nw==
 
+patch-package@^8.0.0:
+  version "8.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/patch-package/-/patch-package-8.0.0.tgz#d191e2f1b6e06a4624a0116bcb88edd6714ede61"
+  integrity sha512-da8BVIhzjtgScwDJ2TtKsfT5JFWz1hYoBl9rUQ1f38MC2HwnEIkK8VN3dKMKcP7P7bvvgzNDbfNHtx3MsQb5vA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@yarnpkg/lockfile" "^1.1.0"
+    chalk "^4.1.2"
+    ci-info "^3.7.0"
+    cross-spawn "^7.0.3"
+    find-yarn-workspace-root "^2.0.0"
+    fs-extra "^9.0.0"
+    json-stable-stringify "^1.0.2"
+    klaw-sync "^6.0.0"
+    minimist "^1.2.6"
+    open "^7.4.2"
+    rimraf "^2.6.3"
+    semver "^7.5.3"
+    slash "^2.0.0"
+    tmp "^0.0.33"
+    yaml "^2.2.2"
+
 path-dirname@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/path-dirname/-/path-dirname-1.0.2.tgz#cc33d24d525e099a5388c0336c6e32b9160609e0"
@@ -8151,6 +8229,11 @@ postcss@^8.4.23, postcss@^8.4.38:
     picocolors "^1.0.0"
     source-map-js "^1.2.0"
 
+postinstall-postinstall@^2.1.0:
+  version "2.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/postinstall-postinstall/-/postinstall-postinstall-2.1.0.tgz#4f7f77441ef539d1512c40bd04c71b06a4704ca3"
+  integrity sha512-7hQX6ZlZXIoRiWNrbMQaLzUUfH+sSx39u8EJ9HYuDc1kLo9IXKWjM5RSquZN1ad5GnH8CGFM78fsAAQi3OKEEQ==
+
 prelude-ls@^1.2.1:
   version "1.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/prelude-ls/-/prelude-ls-1.2.1.tgz"
@@ -8686,6 +8769,13 @@ rimraf@2.6.3:
   dependencies:
     glob "^7.1.3"
 
+rimraf@^2.6.3:
+  version "2.7.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rimraf/-/rimraf-2.7.1.tgz#35797f13a7fdadc566142c29d4f07ccad483e3ec"
+  integrity sha512-uWjbaKIK3T1OSVptzX7Nl6PvQ3qAGtKEtVRjRuazjfL3Bx5eI409VZSqgND+4UNnmzLVdPj9FqFJNPqBZFve4w==
+  dependencies:
+    glob "^7.1.3"
+
 rimraf@^3.0.0, rimraf@^3.0.2:
   version "3.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rimraf/-/rimraf-3.0.2.tgz#f1a5402ba6220ad52cc1282bac1ae3aa49fd061a"
@@ -9104,6 +9194,11 @@ skin-tone@^2.0.0:
   dependencies:
     unicode-emoji-modifier-base "^1.0.0"
 
+slash@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slash/-/slash-2.0.0.tgz#de552851a1759df3a8f206535442f5ec4ddeab44"
+  integrity sha512-ZYKh3Wh2z1PpEXWr0MpSBZ0V6mZHAQfYevttO11c51CaWjGTaadiKZ+wVt1PbMlDV5qhMFslpZCemhwOK7C89A==
+
 slash@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/slash/-/slash-3.0.0.tgz"
@@ -9799,6 +9894,13 @@ tmp@0.2.1:
   dependencies:
     rimraf "^3.0.0"
 
+tmp@^0.0.33:
+  version "0.0.33"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tmp/-/tmp-0.0.33.tgz#6d34335889768d21b2bcda0aa277ced3b1bfadf9"
+  integrity sha512-jRCJlojKnZ3addtTOjdIqoRuPEKBvNXcGYqzO6zWZX8KfKEpnGY5jfggJQ3EjKuu8D4bJRr0y+cYJFmYbImXGw==
+  dependencies:
+    os-tmpdir "~1.0.2"
+
 to-object-path@^0.3.0:
   version "0.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/to-object-path/-/to-object-path-0.3.0.tgz#297588b7b0e7e0ac08e04e672f85c1f4999e17af"
@@ -10647,6 +10749,11 @@ yaml@^2.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/yaml/-/yaml-2.3.1.tgz"
   integrity sha512-2eHWfjaoXgTBC2jNM1LRef62VQa0umtvRiDSk6HSzW7RvS5YtkabJrwYLLEKWBc8a5U2PTSCs+dJjUTJdlHsWQ==
 
+yaml@^2.2.2:
+  version "2.4.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yaml/-/yaml-2.4.5.tgz#60630b206dd6d84df97003d33fc1ddf6296cca5e"
+  integrity sha512-aBx2bnqDzVOyNKfsysjA2ms5ZlnjSAW2eG3/L5G/CSujfjLJTJsEw1bGw8kCf04KodQWk1pxlGnZ56CRxiawmg==
+
 yargs-parser@^18.1.2:
   version "18.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yargs-parser/-/yargs-parser-18.1.3.tgz#be68c4975c6b2abf469236b0c870362fab09a7b0"