diff --git a/applets/unicode.pl b/applets/unicode.pl
index 1d5ae0ae..63de5804 100755
--- a/applets/unicode.pl
+++ b/applets/unicode.pl
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ if ($args =~ /^(u\+[^.]+)\s*\.\.\s*(.*)$/i) {
 my $result;
 
 if ($args =~ /^u\+/i) {
-    $result = `unicode --max=100 --color=off \Q$args\E`;
+    $result = `unicode --max=100 --color=off -- \Q$args\E`;
 } elsif ($search) {
-    $result = `unicode -r --max=100 --color=off \Q$args\E --format 'U+{ordc:04X} {pchar} {name};\n'`;
+    $result = `unicode -r --max=100 --color=off -format 'U+{ordc:04X} {pchar} {name};\n' -- \Q$args\E`;
 } else {
-    $result = `unicode -s --max=100 --color=off \Q$args\E --format 'U+{ordc:04X} ({utf8}) {pchar} {name} Category: {category} ({category_desc}) {opt_unicode_block}{opt_unicode_block_desc}{mirrored_desc}{opt_combining}{combining_desc}{opt_decomp}{decomp_desc};\n'`;
+    $result = `unicode -s --max=100 --color=off --format 'U+{ordc:04X} ({utf8}) {pchar} {name} Category: {category} ({category_desc}) {opt_unicode_block}{opt_unicode_block_desc}{mirrored_desc}{opt_combining}{combining_desc}{opt_decomp}{decomp_desc};\n' -- \Q$args\E`;
 }
 
 print "$result\n";
diff --git a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
index 19ecc04e..d2ec41f3 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ use PBot::Imports;
 # These are set by the /misc/update_version script
 use constant {
     BUILD_NAME     => "PBot",
-    BUILD_REVISION => 4908,
-    BUILD_DATE     => "2025-10-16",
+    BUILD_REVISION => 4910,
+    BUILD_DATE     => "2025-10-19",
 };
 
 sub initialize {}