diff --git a/barretenberg/bbup/.rebuild_patterns b/barretenberg/bbup/.rebuild_patterns
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1c4d6ab92e5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/barretenberg/bbup/.rebuild_patterns
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+^barretenberg/bbup/bbup
+^barretenberg/bbup/install
diff --git a/barretenberg/bbup/bbup b/barretenberg/bbup/bbup
index 716b4c054434..d92c82e64f2b 100755
--- a/barretenberg/bbup/bbup
+++ b/barretenberg/bbup/bbup
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ NC='\033[0m'
 SUCCESS="✓"
 ERROR="✗"
 
+BB_PATH=${BB_PATH:-"$HOME/.bb"}
+
 # Utility functions
 print_spinner() {
     local pid=$1
@@ -51,6 +53,10 @@ get_bb_version_for_noir() {
     echo "$bb_version"
 }
 
+version_gte() {
+    [ "$(printf '%s\n' "$1" "$2" | sort -V | head -n1)" = "$2" ]
+}
+
 install_bb() {
     local version=$1
     local architecture=$(uname -m)
@@ -58,9 +64,17 @@ install_bb() {
 
     # Convert architecture names
     if [ "$architecture" = "arm64" ]; then
-        architecture="aarch64"
+        if version_gte "$version" "0.77.0"; then
+            architecture="arm64"
+        else
+            architecture="aarch64"
+        fi
     elif [ "$architecture" = "x86_64" ]; then
-        architecture="amd64"
+        if version_gte "$version" "0.77.0"; then
+            architecture="amd64"
+        else
+            architecture="x86_64"
+        fi
     else
         printf "${RED}${ERROR} Unsupported architecture: ${architecture}${NC}\n"
         exit 1
@@ -68,36 +82,46 @@ install_bb() {
 
     # Determine platform
     if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ]; then
-        platform="darwin"
+        if version_gte "$version" "0.77.0"; then
+            platform="darwin"
+        else
+            platform="apple-darwin"
+        fi
     elif [ "$(uname)" = "Linux" ]; then
-        platform="linux"
+        if version_gte "$version" "0.77.0"; then
+            platform="linux"
+        else
+            platform="linux-gnu"
+        fi
+
     else
         printf "${RED}${ERROR} Unsupported platform: $(uname)${NC}\n"
         exit 1
     fi
 
-    local home_dir=$HOME
-    local bb_path="${home_dir}/.bb"
-
-    printf "${BLUE}Installing to ${bb_path}${NC}\n"
+    printf "${BLUE}Installing to ${BB_PATH}${NC}\n"
 
     # Create temporary directory
     local temp_dir=$(mktemp -d)
     local temp_tar="${temp_dir}/temp.tar.gz"
 
     # Download and extract
-    local release_url="https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/releases/download/v${version}"
-    local binary_url="${release_url}/barretenberg-${architecture}-${platform}.tar.gz"
+    local release_url_base="https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/releases/download"
+    local release_tag="v${version}"
+    if ! version_gte "$version" "0.77.0"; then
+        release_tag="aztec-packages-v${version}"
+    fi
+    local binary_url="${release_url_base}/${release_tag}/barretenberg-${architecture}-${platform}.tar.gz"
 
     curl -L "$binary_url" -o "$temp_tar"
-    mkdir -p "$bb_path"
-    tar xzf "$temp_tar" -C "$bb_path"
+    mkdir -p "$BB_PATH"
+    tar xzf "$temp_tar" -C "$BB_PATH"
     rm -rf "$temp_dir"
 
     # Update shell configuration
-    update_shell_config "$bb_path"
+    update_shell_config "$BB_PATH"
 
-    printf "${GREEN}${SUCCESS} Installed barretenberg to ${bb_path}${NC}\n"
+    printf "${GREEN}${SUCCESS} Installed barretenberg to ${BB_PATH}${NC}\n"
 }
 
 update_shell_config() {
diff --git a/barretenberg/bbup/bootstrap.sh b/barretenberg/bbup/bootstrap.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..fa7349c46108
--- /dev/null
+++ b/barretenberg/bbup/bootstrap.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+source $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/ci3/source_bootstrap
+
+cmd=${1:-}
+[ -n "$cmd" ] && shift
+
+export hash=$(cache_content_hash .rebuild_patterns)
+
+# Print every individual test command. Can be fed into gnu parallel.
+# Paths are relative to repo root.
+# We append the hash as a comment. This ensures the test harness and cache and skip future runs.
+function test_cmds {
+  local test_versions=("0.72.1" "0.77.1")
+
+  for version in ${test_versions[@]}; do
+    echo -e "$hash barretenberg/bbup/run_test.sh $version"
+  done
+}
+
+# This is not called in ci. It is just for a developer to run the tests.
+function test {
+  echo_header "bbup test"
+  test_cmds | filter_test_cmds | parallelise
+}
+
+case "$cmd" in
+  "clean")
+    git clean -fdx
+    ;;
+  ""|"fast"|"full")
+    ;;
+  "ci")
+    test
+    ;;
+  "hash")
+    echo $hash
+    ;;
+  test|test_cmds)
+    $cmd "$@"
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "Unknown command: $cmd"
+    exit 1
+esac
diff --git a/barretenberg/bbup/run_test.sh b/barretenberg/bbup/run_test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..3ce9f610ba14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/barretenberg/bbup/run_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+cd $(dirname $0)/
+
+VERSION=$1
+
+TEMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+trap 'rm -rf $TEMP_DIR' EXIT
+
+BB_PATH=$TEMP_DIR ./bbup -v $VERSION
+
+if ! grep "$VERSION" <<< $($TEMP_DIR/bb --version) > /dev/null; then
+    echo "Did not find expected version of bb"
+    echo "Expected: $VERSION"
+    echo "Found: $SEEN_VERSION"
+    exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/barretenberg/bootstrap.sh b/barretenberg/bootstrap.sh
index d8024a6bd9d8..93aedc96cb33 100755
--- a/barretenberg/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/barretenberg/bootstrap.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ source $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/ci3/source
 # Download ignition up front to ensure no race conditions at runtime.
 [ -n "${SKIP_BB_CRS:-}" ] || ./scripts/download_bb_crs.sh
 
+./bbup/bootstrap.sh $@
 ./cpp/bootstrap.sh $@
 ./ts/bootstrap.sh $@
 ./acir_tests/bootstrap.sh $@
@@ -24,4 +25,4 @@ if [ "$cmd" == "bench" ]; then
     > ./bench-out/bb-bench.json
 
   cache_upload barretenberg-bench-results-$COMMIT_HASH.tar.gz ./bench-out/bb-bench.json
-fi 
+fi