diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 8d6e173e..95e208c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -208,11 +208,10 @@ jobs:
             mingw-w64-x86_64-openssl
             mingw-w64-x86_64-zeromq
             mingw-w64-x86_64-libsodium
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-hidapi
             mingw-w64-x86_64-unbound
             mingw-w64-x86_64-protobuf
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-libusb
             mingw-w64-x86_64-expat
+            mingw-w64-x86_64-icu
             mingw-w64-x86_64-ntldd
             git
             make
@@ -220,11 +219,13 @@ jobs:
             base-devel
             wget
 
-      - name: Install ICU v75.1
+      - name: Install hidapi v0.15.0 and libusb v1.0.30
         run: |
-          wget https://repo.msys2.org/mingw/mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-icu-75.1-2-any.pkg.tar.zst
-          echo "bf57882d43efcdfd746463613ea982c69b64aa4ba9bed4cb24c02a81ad06c3a9  mingw-w64-x86_64-icu-75.1-2-any.pkg.tar.zst" | sha256sum -c
-          pacman -U --noconfirm mingw-w64-x86_64-icu-75.1-2-any.pkg.tar.zst
+          # removed from the msys2 mingw64 repo; install the archived packages
+          wget https://repo.msys2.org/mingw/mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-hidapi-0.15.0-2-any.pkg.tar.zst https://repo.msys2.org/mingw/mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-libusb-1.0.30-1-any.pkg.tar.zst
+          echo "89fb61549a437d65076a092a367fcb264fc7045ee9ebef48cd81f5a76a5588f8  mingw-w64-x86_64-hidapi-0.15.0-2-any.pkg.tar.zst" | sha256sum -c
+          echo "124edc26b009678a4c5e759481a364abf63ed7f2f49a53092e8bd0a47c0c0740  mingw-w64-x86_64-libusb-1.0.30-1-any.pkg.tar.zst" | sha256sum -c
+          pacman -U --noconfirm mingw-w64-x86_64-hidapi-0.15.0-2-any.pkg.tar.zst mingw-w64-x86_64-libusb-1.0.30-1-any.pkg.tar.zst
 
       - name: Install boost v1.87.0
         run: |
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f3fcac58..b2bd7d7e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ walletFull.close(true);
 
 #### For Gradle, add to build.gradle:
 
-`compile 'io.github.woodser:monero-java:0.8.62'`
+`compile 'io.github.woodser:monero-java:0.8.63'`
 
 #### For Maven, add to pom.xml:
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ walletFull.close(true);
 <dependency>
   <groupId>io.github.woodser</groupId>
   <artifactId>monero-java</artifactId>
-  <version>0.8.62</version>
+  <version>0.8.63</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/external/monero-cpp b/external/monero-cpp
index 750fe702..1674b581 160000
--- a/external/monero-cpp
+++ b/external/monero-cpp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 750fe7022aa55dd74e105c2cecaede0c85c0b78b
+Subproject commit 1674b581ebb6e88a8b2f1d0206d420d51402c978
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a6275c7e..1f92cfb5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>io.github.woodser</groupId>
 	<artifactId>monero-java</artifactId>
-	<version>0.8.62</version>
+	<version>0.8.63</version>
 	<name>Monero Java Library</name>
 	<description>A Java library for using Monero</description>
 	<url>https://github.com/woodser/monero-java</url>
diff --git a/src/main/java/monero/common/MoneroUtils.java b/src/main/java/monero/common/MoneroUtils.java
index 137cc6c0..4fe2901f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/monero/common/MoneroUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/monero/common/MoneroUtils.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class MoneroUtils {
    * @return the version of this monero-java library
    */
   public static String getVersion() {
-    return "0.8.62";
+    return "0.8.63";
   }
 
   /**
@@ -399,7 +399,9 @@ public static void validateAddress(String address, MoneroNetworkType networkType
     try {
       MoneroDecodedAddress decodedAddress = decodeAddress(address);
       GenUtils.assertEquals("Address network type mismatch: " + networkType + " vs " + decodedAddress.getNetworkType(), networkType, decodedAddress.getNetworkType());
-    } catch (AssertionError e) {
+    } catch (MoneroError e) {
+      throw e;
+    } catch (AssertionError | RuntimeException e) {
       throw new MoneroError(e.getMessage());
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/test/java/TestMoneroUtils.java b/src/test/java/TestMoneroUtils.java
index a48e913b..902ead8f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/TestMoneroUtils.java
+++ b/src/test/java/TestMoneroUtils.java
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ public void testAddressValidation() {
     testInvalidAddress("42ZxX3Y2y5s4nJ8fdz2w65TrTEp9PRsv5J8iHSShkHQcE2V31FhnWptioNst1K9oeDY4KpWZ7v8V2BZNVa4Wdky89iqmPz2", MoneroNetworkType.MAINNET);
     testInvalidAddress("41ApvrfMgUFZEePHBZHwuSckQXebuZu299NSmVEmQ41YJZQhKcPyujyMSzpDH4VMMVSBo3U3b54JaNvQLwAjqDhKeGLQ9vfRBRKFKnBtVH", MoneroNetworkType.MAINNET);
     testInvalidAddress("81fyq3t8Gxn1QWMG189EufHtMHXZXkfJtJKFJXqeA4GpSiuyfjVwVyp47PeQJnD7Tc8iK8TDvvhcmEmfh8nx7Va2ToP8wAo", MoneroNetworkType.MAINNET);
+    testInvalidAddress("4CApvrfMgUFZEePHBZHwuSckQXebuZu299NSmVEmQ41YJZQhKcPyujyMSzpDH4VMMVSBo3U3b54JaNvQLwAjqDhKeGLQ9vf", MoneroNetworkType.MAINNET);
     
     // test invalid addresses on testnet
     testInvalidAddress(null, MoneroNetworkType.TESTNET);