I updated Premiere yesterday and now my current project won't open

Hi @unclefrito101 -We are working on a solution, more information to come.  Would you be able to send the project file you can't open to jamiec@adobe.com 

How to Fix "This project was saved in a newer version" Error in Premiere Pro 25.6.1

Thanks to advice from [Petri5], I found a working solution that helped me open my project again in version 25.6.1. Here’s a step-by-step guide for anyone with the same issue:

Guide:

Make a backup copy of your .prproj project file first.

Using 7zip (or any archive tool), extract the contents of your project file (since it is a gzip-compressed XML file).

Open the extracted XML file with a text editor and look for the following section at the top:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <PremiereData Version="3"> <Project ObjectRef="1"/> <Project ObjectID="1" ClassID="62ad66dd-0dcd-42da-a660-6d8fbde94876" Version="44">

Pay special attention to the “44” in the Version parameter.

Change “44” to “43” (which matches the internal project version for Premiere Pro 25.5).

Save the file, and then re-archive it with gzip compression just like the original.

Now, your project should open just fine in Premiere Pro 25.6.1!

This trick helped me save a critical project and keep my workflow going. Huge thanks to [Petri5] for sharing this solution!

Fix Script PowerShell for you project

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem

Get-ChildItem -Filter *.prproj | ForEach-Object {
$in=$_.FullName
$out=Join-Path $_.DirectoryName ($_.BaseName + "_downgrage.prproj")

$fs=[IO.File]::OpenRead($in)
$gz=New-Object IO.Compression.GZipStream($fs,[IO.Compression.CompressionMode]::Decompress)
$r =New-Object IO.StreamReader($gz,[Text.Encoding]::UTF8)
$xml=$r.ReadToEnd()
$r.Close();$gz.Close();$fs.Close()

# БЕЗ третього аргумента – замінює всі входження
$xml = $xml.Replace('Version="44"','Version="43"')

$ofs=[IO.File]::Create($out)
$ogz=New-Object IO.Compression.GZipStream($ofs,[IO.Compression.CompressionMode]::Compress)
$w =New-Object IO.StreamWriter($ogz,[Text.Encoding]::UTF8)
$w.Write($xml)
$w.Close();$ogz.Close();$ofs.Close()

Write-Host "Done $out"
}