diff --git a/addon.xml b/addon.xml
index 3adb65b..6d46913 100644
--- a/addon.xml
+++ b/addon.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
-<addon id="plugin.program.steam.library" name="Steam Library" version="0.8.0" provider-name="aanderse">
+<addon id="plugin.program.steam.library" name="Steam Library" version="0.8.1" provider-name="aanderse">
     <requires>
         <import addon="xbmc.python" version="3.0.0" />
-        <import addon="script.module.requests" version="2.18.4" />
-        <import addon="script.module.requests-cache" version="0.4.13" />
+        <import addon="script.module.requests" version="2.22.0" />
+        <import addon="script.module.requests-cache" version="0.5.2" />
         <import addon="script.module.routing" version="0.2.0"/>
     </requires>
     <extension point="xbmc.python.pluginsource" library="addon.py">
diff --git a/resources/arts.py b/resources/arts.py
index da47582..ed1c039 100644
--- a/resources/arts.py
+++ b/resources/arts.py
@@ -98,4 +98,14 @@ def delete_cache():
     """
     Deletes the cache containing the data about which art types are available or not
     """
-    os.remove(ART_AVAILABILITY_CACHE_FILE + ".sqlite")
+    # If Kodi's request-cache module is updated to >0.7.3 , we will only need to issue cached_requests.cache.clear() which will handle all scenarios. Until then, we must recreate the backend ourselves    
+    try:
+        cached_requests.cache.clear()
+    except Exception:
+        log('Failed to clear cache. Attempting manual deletion')
+        try:
+            os.remove(ART_AVAILABILITY_CACHE_FILE + ".sqlite")
+        except:
+            log('Failed to delete cache file')
+        cached_requests.cache.responses = requests_cache.backends.storage.dbdict.DbPickleDict(ART_AVAILABILITY_CACHE_FILE + ".sqlite", 'responses', fast_save=True)
+        cached_requests.cache.keys_map = requests_cache.backends.storage.dbdict.DbDict(ART_AVAILABILITY_CACHE_FILE + ".sqlite", 'urls')
diff --git a/resources/main.py b/resources/main.py
index 71a920a..9a22983 100644
--- a/resources/main.py
+++ b/resources/main.py
@@ -232,6 +232,22 @@ def main():
         # first time run, store version
         __addon__.setSetting('version', __addon__.getAddonInfo('version'))
 
+    else:
+        previous_version= __addon__.getSetting('version').split(".")
+        previous_version= list(map(int, previous_version))
+
+        new_version= __addon__.getSetting('version').split(".")
+        new_version= list(map(int,new_version))
+
+        if previous_version[0] == 0 & previous_version[1] < 8:
+            #Starting with 0.8.0, the cache encoding changed and previous caches needs to be reset.
+            delete_cache()
+
+        # Insert version upgrade mechanisms here before the following call
+
+        __addon__.setSetting('version', __addon__.getAddonInfo('version'))
+
+
     # prompt the user to configure the plugin with their steam details
     if not all_required_credentials_available():
         __addon__.openSettings()
diff --git a/resources/steam.py b/resources/steam.py
index cfc58a0..539a1ca 100644
--- a/resources/steam.py
+++ b/resources/steam.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 STEAM_GAMES_CACHE_FILE = xbmc.translatePath(os.path.join(addonUserDataFolder, 'requests_cache_games'))
 
 # cache expires after: 86400=1 day   604800=7 days
-cached_requests = requests_cache.core.CachedSession(STEAM_GAMES_CACHE_FILE, backend='sqlite',
+cached_requests = requests_cache.CachedSession(STEAM_GAMES_CACHE_FILE, backend='sqlite',
                                                     expire_after=60 * minutesBeforeGamesListsExpiration,
                                                     old_data_on_error=True)
 
@@ -106,4 +106,18 @@ def get_user_games(steam_api_key, steam_user_id, recent_only=False):
 
 
 def delete_cache():
-    os.remove(STEAM_GAMES_CACHE_FILE + ".sqlite")
+    """
+    Deletes the cache containing the data about which games are owned or not
+    """
+    # If Kodi's request-cache module is updated to >0.7.3 , we will only need to issue cached_requests.cache.clear() which will handle all scenarios. Until then, we must recreate the backend ourselves
+    try:
+        cached_requests.cache.clear()
+    except Exception:
+        log('Failed to clear cache. Attempting manual deletion')
+        try:
+            os.remove(STEAM_GAMES_CACHE_FILE + ".sqlite")
+        except:
+            log('Failed to delete & recreate cache')
+        cached_requests.cache.responses = requests_cache.backends.storage.dbdict.DbPickleDict(STEAM_GAMES_CACHE_FILE + ".sqlite", 'responses', fast_save=True)
+        cached_requests.cache.keys_map = requests_cache.backends.storage.dbdict.DbDict(STEAM_GAMES_CACHE_FILE + ".sqlite", 'urls')
+        
\ No newline at end of file