diff --git a/rigs/icom/frame.c b/rigs/icom/frame.c
index 5b9e9bc81..7153a1382 100644
--- a/rigs/icom/frame.c
+++ b/rigs/icom/frame.c
@@ -259,7 +259,9 @@ collision_retry:
             RETURNFUNC(-RIG_EPROTO);
         }
 
-        if (memcmp(buf, sendbuf, frm_len) != 0)
+        // first 2 bytes of everyting are 0xfe so we won't test those
+        // this allows some corruptin of the 0xfe bytes which has been seen in the wild
+        if (memcmp(&buf[2], &sendbuf[2], frm_len-2) != 0)
         {
             /* Frames are different? */
             /* Problem on ci-v bus? */
diff --git a/rigs/icom/icom.h b/rigs/icom/icom.h
index 4652c32ad..163b7754e 100644
--- a/rigs/icom/icom.h
+++ b/rigs/icom/icom.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #endif
 
-#define BACKEND_VER "20230718"
+#define BACKEND_VER "20230724"
 
 #define ICOM_IS_ID31 rig_is_model(rig, RIG_MODEL_ID31)
 #define ICOM_IS_ID51 rig_is_model(rig, RIG_MODEL_ID51)