diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-cli/src/__tests__/unit/workspace-access.spec.ts b/packages/hoppscotch-cli/src/__tests__/unit/workspace-access.spec.ts
index 3677b674..da38e914 100644
--- a/packages/hoppscotch-cli/src/__tests__/unit/workspace-access.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-cli/src/__tests__/unit/workspace-access.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+import { HoppCollection } from "@hoppscotch/data";
+import { entityReference } from "verzod";
 import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
+import { z } from "zod";
 
 import {
   transformWorkspaceCollections,
@@ -16,6 +19,26 @@ import {
 
 import TRANSFORMED_MULTIPLE_CHILD_COLLECTIONS_WITH_AUTH_HEADERS_MOCK from "../e2e/fixtures/collections/multiple-child-collections-auth-headers-coll.json";
 
+// Helper function to validate against `HoppCollection` schema and apply relevant migrations
+const migrateCollections = (collections: unknown[]): HoppCollection[] => {
+  const collectionSchemaParsedResult = z
+    .array(entityReference(HoppCollection))
+    .safeParse(collections);
+
+  if (!collectionSchemaParsedResult.success) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Incoming collections failed schema validation: ${JSON.stringify(collections, null, 2)}`
+    );
+  }
+
+  return collectionSchemaParsedResult.data.map((collection) => {
+    return {
+      ...collection,
+      folders: migrateCollections(collection.folders),
+    };
+  });
+};
+
 describe("workspace-access", () => {
   describe("transformWorkspaceCollection", () => {
     test("Successfully transforms collection data with deeply nested collections and authorization/headers set at each level to the `HoppCollection` format", () => {
@@ -27,13 +50,15 @@ describe("workspace-access", () => {
     });
 
     test("Successfully transforms collection data with multiple child collections and authorization/headers set at each level to the `HoppCollection` format", () => {
+      const migratedCollections = migrateCollections([
+        TRANSFORMED_MULTIPLE_CHILD_COLLECTIONS_WITH_AUTH_HEADERS_MOCK,
+      ]);
+
       expect(
         transformWorkspaceCollections(
           WORKSPACE_MULTIPLE_CHILD_COLLECTIONS_WITH_AUTH_HEADERS_MOCK
         )
-      ).toEqual([
-        TRANSFORMED_MULTIPLE_CHILD_COLLECTIONS_WITH_AUTH_HEADERS_MOCK,
-      ]);
+      ).toEqual(migratedCollections);
     });
 
     test("Adds the default value for `auth` & `header` fields while transforming collections without authorization/headers set at certain levels", () => {
diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/components/http/authorization/OAuth2.vue b/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/components/http/authorization/OAuth2.vue
index 48a76d6b..3cf92591 100644
--- a/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/components/http/authorization/OAuth2.vue
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/components/http/authorization/OAuth2.vue
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ const supportedGrantTypes = [
         return E.right(undefined)
       }
 
-      const runAction = () => {
+      const runAction = async () => {
         const params: AuthCodeOauthFlowParams = {
           authEndpoint: authEndpoint.value,
           tokenEndpoint: tokenEndpoint.value,
@@ -420,7 +420,11 @@ const supportedGrantTypes = [
           return E.left("VALIDATION_FAILED" as const)
         }
 
-        authCode.init(parsedArgs.data)
+        const res = await authCode.init(parsedArgs.data)
+
+        if (E.isLeft(res)) {
+          return res
+        }
 
         return E.right(undefined)
       }
@@ -1047,8 +1051,14 @@ const generateOAuthToken = async () => {
       VALIDATION_FAILED: t("authorization.oauth.validation_failed"),
       OAUTH_TOKEN_FETCH_FAILED: t("authorization.oauth.token_fetch_failed"),
     }
+    if (res.left in errorMessages) {
+      // @ts-expect-error - not possible to have a key that doesn't exist
+      toast.error(errorMessages[res.left])
+      return
+    }
+
+    toast.error(t("error.something_went_wrong"))
 
-    toast.error(errorMessages[res.left])
     return
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/services/oauth/flows/clientCredentials.ts b/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/services/oauth/flows/clientCredentials.ts
index 9582b823..034bc382 100644
--- a/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/services/oauth/flows/clientCredentials.ts
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/services/oauth/flows/clientCredentials.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ const ClientCredentialsFlowParamsSchema = ClientCredentialsGrantTypeParams.pick(
     return (
       params.authEndpoint.length >= 1 &&
       params.clientID.length >= 1 &&
-      params.clientSecret.length >= 1 &&
       (!params.scopes || params.scopes.length >= 1)
     )
   },
@@ -56,7 +55,10 @@ const initClientCredentialsOAuthFlow = async ({
   const formData = new URLSearchParams()
   formData.append("grant_type", "client_credentials")
   formData.append("client_id", clientID)
-  formData.append("client_secret", clientSecret)
+
+  if (clientSecret) {
+    formData.append("client_secret", clientSecret)
+  }
 
   if (scopes) {
     formData.append("scope", scopes)
diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/services/oauth/flows/password.ts b/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/services/oauth/flows/password.ts
index d572b647..22875bc7 100644
--- a/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/services/oauth/flows/password.ts
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/services/oauth/flows/password.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ const PasswordFlowParamsSchema = PasswordGrantTypeParams.pick({
     return (
       params.authEndpoint.length >= 1 &&
       params.clientID.length >= 1 &&
-      params.clientSecret.length >= 1 &&
       params.username.length >= 1 &&
       params.password.length >= 1 &&
       (!params.scopes || params.scopes.length >= 1)
@@ -59,10 +58,13 @@ const initPasswordOauthFlow = async ({
   const formData = new URLSearchParams()
   formData.append("grant_type", "password")
   formData.append("client_id", clientID)
-  formData.append("client_secret", clientSecret)
   formData.append("username", username)
   formData.append("password", password)
 
+  if (clientSecret) {
+    formData.append("client_secret", clientSecret)
+  }
+
   if (scopes) {
     formData.append("scope", scopes)
   }
diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/services/persistence/__tests__/__mocks__/index.ts b/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/services/persistence/__tests__/__mocks__/index.ts
index a12d80cf..1e36c791 100644
--- a/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/services/persistence/__tests__/__mocks__/index.ts
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/services/persistence/__tests__/__mocks__/index.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const DEFAULT_SETTINGS = getDefaultSettings()
 
 export const REST_COLLECTIONS_MOCK: HoppCollection[] = [
   {
-    v: 3,
+    v: 4,
     name: "Echo",
     folders: [],
     requests: [
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ export const REST_COLLECTIONS_MOCK: HoppCollection[] = [
 
 export const GQL_COLLECTIONS_MOCK: HoppCollection[] = [
   {
-    v: 3,
+    v: 4,
     name: "Echo",
     folders: [],
     requests: [
       {
-        v: 6,
+        v: 7,
         name: "Echo test",
         url: "https://echo.hoppscotch.io/graphql",
         headers: [],
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ export const GQL_HISTORY_MOCK: GQLHistoryEntry[] = [
   {
     v: 1,
     request: {
-      v: 6,
+      v: 7,
       name: "Untitled",
       url: "https://echo.hoppscotch.io/graphql",
       query: "query Request { url }",
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ export const GQL_TAB_STATE_MOCK: PersistableTabState<HoppGQLDocument> = {
       tabID: "5edbe8d4-65c9-4381-9354-5f1bf05d8ccc",
       doc: {
         request: {
-          v: 6,
+          v: 7,
           name: "Untitled",
           url: "https://echo.hoppscotch.io/graphql",
           headers: [],
diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/collection/index.ts b/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/collection/index.ts
index 47422240..0dca4cd2 100644
--- a/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/collection/index.ts
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/collection/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { InferredEntity, createVersionedEntity } from "verzod"
 import V1_VERSION from "./v/1"
 import V2_VERSION from "./v/2"
 import V3_VERSION from "./v/3"
+import V4_VERSION from "./v/4"
 
 import { z } from "zod"
 import { translateToNewRequest } from "../rest"
@@ -13,11 +14,12 @@ const versionedObject = z.object({
 })
 
 export const HoppCollection = createVersionedEntity({
-  latestVersion: 3,
+  latestVersion: 4,
   versionMap: {
     1: V1_VERSION,
     2: V2_VERSION,
     3: V3_VERSION,
+    4: V4_VERSION,
   },
   getVersion(data) {
     const versionCheck = versionedObject.safeParse(data)
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ export const HoppCollection = createVersionedEntity({
 
 export type HoppCollection = InferredEntity<typeof HoppCollection>
 
-export const CollectionSchemaVersion = 3
+export const CollectionSchemaVersion = 4
 
 /**
  * Generates a Collection object. This ignores the version number object
diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/collection/v/3.ts b/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/collection/v/3.ts
index 841dcb51..776abc10 100644
--- a/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/collection/v/3.ts
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/collection/v/3.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
 
 import { v2_baseCollectionSchema, V2_SCHEMA } from "./2"
 
-const v3_baseCollectionSchema = v2_baseCollectionSchema.extend({
+export const v3_baseCollectionSchema = v2_baseCollectionSchema.extend({
   v: z.literal(3),
 
   // AWS Signature Authorization type addition
diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/collection/v/4.ts b/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/collection/v/4.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6607683
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/collection/v/4.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { defineVersion } from "verzod"
+import { z } from "zod"
+
+import { HoppGQLAuth } from "../../graphql/v/7"
+import { HoppRESTAuth } from "../../rest/v/8"
+
+import { V3_SCHEMA, v3_baseCollectionSchema } from "./3"
+
+const v4_baseCollectionSchema = v3_baseCollectionSchema.extend({
+  v: z.literal(4),
+  auth: z.union([HoppRESTAuth, HoppGQLAuth]),
+})
+
+type Input = z.input<typeof v4_baseCollectionSchema> & {
+  folders: Input[]
+}
+
+type Output = z.output<typeof v4_baseCollectionSchema> & {
+  folders: Output[]
+}
+
+const V4_SCHEMA: z.ZodType<Output, z.ZodTypeDef, Input> =
+  v4_baseCollectionSchema.extend({
+    folders: z.lazy(() => z.array(V4_SCHEMA)),
+  })
+
+export default defineVersion({
+  initial: false,
+  schema: V4_SCHEMA,
+  // @ts-expect-error
+  up(old: z.infer<typeof V3_SCHEMA>) {
+    return {
+      ...old,
+      v: 4 as const,
+    }
+  },
+})
diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/graphql/index.ts b/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/graphql/index.ts
index 5144712c..56f2dd64 100644
--- a/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/graphql/index.ts
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/graphql/index.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import V3_VERSION from "./v/3"
 import V4_VERSION from "./v/4"
 import V5_VERSION from "./v/5"
 import V6_VERSION from "./v/6"
+import V7_VERSION from "./v/7"
 
 export {
   HoppGQLAuthBasic,
@@ -16,16 +17,17 @@ export {
 
 export { HoppGQLAuthAPIKey } from "./v/4"
 
-export { GQLHeader, HoppGQLAuth, HoppGQLAuthOAuth2 } from "./v/6"
+export { GQLHeader } from "./v/6"
+export { HoppGQLAuth, HoppGQLAuthOAuth2 } from "./v/7"
 
-export const GQL_REQ_SCHEMA_VERSION = 6
+export const GQL_REQ_SCHEMA_VERSION = 7
 
 const versionedObject = z.object({
   v: z.number(),
 })
 
 export const HoppGQLRequest = createVersionedEntity({
-  latestVersion: 6,
+  latestVersion: 7,
   versionMap: {
     1: V1_VERSION,
     2: V2_VERSION,
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ export const HoppGQLRequest = createVersionedEntity({
     4: V4_VERSION,
     5: V5_VERSION,
     6: V6_VERSION,
+    7: V7_VERSION,
   },
   getVersion(x) {
     const result = versionedObject.safeParse(x)
diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/graphql/v/3.ts b/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/graphql/v/3.ts
index 60fb87ec..d1f9b02b 100644
--- a/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/graphql/v/3.ts
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/graphql/v/3.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { z } from "zod"
 
 import { defineVersion } from "verzod"
 
-import { HoppRESTAuthOAuth2 } from "../../rest"
+import { HoppRESTAuthOAuth2 } from "../../rest/v/3"
 import {
   HoppGQLAuthAPIKey,
   HoppGQLAuthBasic,
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
   V2_SCHEMA,
 } from "./2"
 
-export { HoppRESTAuthOAuth2 as HoppGQLAuthOAuth2 } from "../../rest"
+export { HoppRESTAuthOAuth2 as HoppGQLAuthOAuth2 } from "../../rest/v/3"
 
 export type HoppGqlAuthOAuth2 = z.infer<typeof HoppRESTAuthOAuth2>
 
diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/graphql/v/4.ts b/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/graphql/v/4.ts
index 71a0933f..ca62b010 100644
--- a/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/graphql/v/4.ts
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/graphql/v/4.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { z } from "zod"
 
 import { defineVersion } from "verzod"
 
-import { HoppRESTAuthOAuth2 } from "../../rest"
+import { HoppRESTAuthOAuth2 } from "../../rest/v/5"
 import {
   HoppGQLAuthAPIKey as HoppGQLAuthAPIKeyOld,
   HoppGQLAuthBasic,
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
 } from "./2"
 import { V3_SCHEMA } from "./3"
 
-export { HoppRESTAuthOAuth2 as HoppGQLAuthOAuth2 } from "../../rest"
+export { HoppRESTAuthOAuth2 as HoppGQLAuthOAuth2 } from "../../rest/v/5"
 
 export const HoppGQLAuthAPIKey = HoppGQLAuthAPIKeyOld.extend({
   addTo: z.enum(["HEADERS", "QUERY_PARAMS"]).catch("HEADERS"),
diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/graphql/v/6.ts b/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/graphql/v/6.ts
index 66b41e26..24255eba 100644
--- a/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/graphql/v/6.ts
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/graphql/v/6.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ import { defineVersion } from "verzod"
 import { z } from "zod"
 import { HoppRESTAuthAWSSignature } from "./../../rest/v/7"
 import {
-  HoppGQLAuthAPIKey,
   HoppGQLAuthBasic,
   HoppGQLAuthBearer,
   HoppGQLAuthInherit,
   HoppGQLAuthNone,
 } from "./2"
 import { HoppGQLAuthOAuth2, V5_SCHEMA } from "./5"
+import { HoppGQLAuthAPIKey } from "./4"
 
 export { HoppRESTAuthOAuth2 as HoppGQLAuthOAuth2 } from "../../rest/v/7"
 
diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/graphql/v/7.ts b/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/graphql/v/7.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d72008d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/graphql/v/7.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { defineVersion } from "verzod"
+import { z } from "zod"
+
+import {
+  HoppGQLAuthBasic,
+  HoppGQLAuthBearer,
+  HoppGQLAuthInherit,
+  HoppGQLAuthNone,
+} from "./2"
+import { HoppGQLAuthAPIKey } from "./4"
+import { HoppGQLAuthAWSSignature, V6_SCHEMA } from "./6"
+import { HoppRESTAuthOAuth2 } from "./../../rest/v/7"
+
+export { HoppRESTAuthOAuth2 as HoppGQLAuthOAuth2 } from "../../rest/v/7"
+
+export const HoppGQLAuth = z
+  .discriminatedUnion("authType", [
+    HoppGQLAuthNone,
+    HoppGQLAuthInherit,
+    HoppGQLAuthBasic,
+    HoppGQLAuthBearer,
+    HoppRESTAuthOAuth2,
+    HoppGQLAuthAPIKey,
+    HoppGQLAuthAWSSignature,
+  ])
+  .and(
+    z.object({
+      authActive: z.boolean(),
+    })
+  )
+
+export type HoppGQLAuth = z.infer<typeof HoppGQLAuth>
+
+export const V7_SCHEMA = V6_SCHEMA.extend({
+  v: z.literal(7),
+  auth: HoppGQLAuth,
+})
+
+export default defineVersion({
+  schema: V7_SCHEMA,
+  initial: false,
+  up(old: z.infer<typeof V6_SCHEMA>) {
+    return {
+      ...old,
+      v: 7 as const,
+      // no need to update anything for HoppGQLAuth, because we loosened the previous schema by making `clientSecret` optional
+    }
+  },
+})
diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/rest/index.ts b/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/rest/index.ts
index 0c26cb35..16b98415 100644
--- a/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/rest/index.ts
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/rest/index.ts
@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ import V3_VERSION from "./v/3"
 import V4_VERSION from "./v/4"
 import V5_VERSION from "./v/5"
 import V6_VERSION, { HoppRESTReqBody } from "./v/6"
-import V7_VERSION, { HoppRESTAuth } from "./v/7"
-
-import { HoppRESTParams, HoppRESTHeaders } from "./v/7"
+import V7_VERSION, { HoppRESTHeaders, HoppRESTParams } from "./v/7"
+import V8_VERSION, { HoppRESTAuth } from "./v/8"
 
 export * from "./content-types"
 
@@ -27,32 +26,37 @@ export {
   HoppRESTAuthNone,
   HoppRESTReqBodyFormData,
 } from "./v/1"
-export {
-  ClientCredentialsGrantTypeParams,
-  ImplicitOauthFlowParams,
-  PasswordGrantTypeParams,
-} from "./v/3"
 
 export { HoppRESTRequestVariables } from "./v/2"
+
+export { ImplicitOauthFlowParams } from "./v/3"
+
 export { HoppRESTAuthAPIKey } from "./v/4"
 
 export { AuthCodeGrantTypeParams } from "./v/5"
+
 export { HoppRESTReqBody } from "./v/6"
+
 export {
-  HoppRESTAuth,
   HoppRESTAuthAWSSignature,
-  HoppRESTAuthOAuth2,
   HoppRESTHeaders,
   HoppRESTParams,
 } from "./v/7"
 
+export {
+  ClientCredentialsGrantTypeParams,
+  HoppRESTAuth,
+  HoppRESTAuthOAuth2,
+  PasswordGrantTypeParams,
+} from "./v/8"
+
 const versionedObject = z.object({
   // v is a stringified number
   v: z.string().regex(/^\d+$/).transform(Number),
 })
 
 export const HoppRESTRequest = createVersionedEntity({
-  latestVersion: 7,
+  latestVersion: 8,
   versionMap: {
     0: V0_VERSION,
     1: V1_VERSION,
@@ -62,6 +66,7 @@ export const HoppRESTRequest = createVersionedEntity({
     5: V5_VERSION,
     6: V6_VERSION,
     7: V7_VERSION,
+    8: V8_VERSION,
   },
   getVersion(data) {
     // For V1 onwards we have the v string storing the number
@@ -103,7 +108,7 @@ const HoppRESTRequestEq = Eq.struct<HoppRESTRequest>({
   ),
 })
 
-export const RESTReqSchemaVersion = "7"
+export const RESTReqSchemaVersion = "8"
 
 export type HoppRESTParam = HoppRESTRequest["params"][number]
 export type HoppRESTHeader = HoppRESTRequest["headers"][number]
diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/rest/v/8.ts b/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/rest/v/8.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46fa7068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-data/src/rest/v/8.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import { defineVersion } from "verzod"
+import { z } from "zod"
+
+import {
+  HoppRESTAuthAPIKey,
+  HoppRESTAuthBasic,
+  HoppRESTAuthBearer,
+  HoppRESTAuthInherit,
+  HoppRESTAuthNone,
+} from "./1"
+
+import {
+  ClientCredentialsGrantTypeParams as ClientCredentialsGrantTypeParamsOld,
+  ImplicitOauthFlowParams,
+  PasswordGrantTypeParams as PasswordGrantTypeParamsOld,
+} from "./3"
+
+import {
+  AuthCodeGrantTypeParams,
+  HoppRESTAuthAWSSignature,
+  V7_SCHEMA,
+} from "./7"
+
+export const ClientCredentialsGrantTypeParams =
+  ClientCredentialsGrantTypeParamsOld.extend({
+    clientSecret: z.string().optional(),
+  })
+
+export const PasswordGrantTypeParams = PasswordGrantTypeParamsOld.extend({
+  clientSecret: z.string().optional(),
+})
+
+export const HoppRESTAuthOAuth2 = z.object({
+  authType: z.literal("oauth-2"),
+  grantTypeInfo: z.discriminatedUnion("grantType", [
+    AuthCodeGrantTypeParams,
+    ClientCredentialsGrantTypeParams,
+    PasswordGrantTypeParams,
+    ImplicitOauthFlowParams,
+  ]),
+  addTo: z.enum(["HEADERS", "QUERY_PARAMS"]).catch("HEADERS"),
+})
+
+export type HoppRESTAuthOAuth2 = z.infer<typeof HoppRESTAuthOAuth2>
+
+export const HoppRESTAuth = z
+  .discriminatedUnion("authType", [
+    HoppRESTAuthNone,
+    HoppRESTAuthInherit,
+    HoppRESTAuthBasic,
+    HoppRESTAuthBearer,
+    HoppRESTAuthOAuth2,
+    HoppRESTAuthAPIKey,
+    HoppRESTAuthAWSSignature,
+  ])
+  .and(
+    z.object({
+      authActive: z.boolean(),
+    })
+  )
+
+export type HoppRESTAuth = z.infer<typeof HoppRESTAuth>
+
+const V8_SCHEMA = V7_SCHEMA.extend({
+  v: z.literal("8"),
+  auth: HoppRESTAuth,
+})
+
+export default defineVersion({
+  schema: V8_SCHEMA,
+  initial: false,
+  up(old: z.infer<typeof V7_SCHEMA>) {
+    return {
+      ...old,
+      v: "8" as const,
+      // no need to update anything for HoppRESTAuth, because we loosened the previous schema by making `clientSecret` optional
+    }
+  },
+})
diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-selfhost-web/src/platform/collections/collections.platform.ts b/packages/hoppscotch-selfhost-web/src/platform/collections/collections.platform.ts
index 417d4219..e57a1113 100644
--- a/packages/hoppscotch-selfhost-web/src/platform/collections/collections.platform.ts
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-selfhost-web/src/platform/collections/collections.platform.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ function exportedCollectionToHoppCollection(
 
     return {
       id: restCollection.id,
-      v: 3,
+      v: 4,
       name: restCollection.name,
       folders: restCollection.folders.map((folder) =>
         exportedCollectionToHoppCollection(folder, collectionType)
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ function exportedCollectionToHoppCollection(
 
     return {
       id: gqlCollection.id,
-      v: 3,
+      v: 4,
       name: gqlCollection.name,
       folders: gqlCollection.folders.map((folder) =>
         exportedCollectionToHoppCollection(folder, collectionType)
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ function setupUserCollectionCreatedSubscription() {
                 name: res.right.userCollectionCreated.title,
                 folders: [],
                 requests: [],
-                v: 3,
+                v: 4,
                 auth: data.auth,
                 headers: addDescriptionField(data.headers),
               })
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ function setupUserCollectionCreatedSubscription() {
                 name: res.right.userCollectionCreated.title,
                 folders: [],
                 requests: [],
-                v: 3,
+                v: 4,
                 auth: data.auth,
                 headers: addDescriptionField(data.headers),
               })