diff --git a/texk/web2c/luatexdir/ChangeLog b/texk/web2c/luatexdir/ChangeLog
index c117101a54..282484e2f8 100644
--- a/texk/web2c/luatexdir/ChangeLog
+++ b/texk/web2c/luatexdir/ChangeLog
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+2024-05-11  Luigi Scarso <luigi.scarso@gmail.com>
+        * allow interactive deletion of \outer token, see https://tug.org/texmfbug/newbug.html#B142outer 
+
+
 2024-05-13  Luigi Scarso <luigi.scarso@gmail.com>
 	* Omitprocset and ptexprefix (force _ instead of . as separator) (H.Hagen)
 	* Bump to version 1.18.2
 
-
 2024-03-25  Luigi Scarso <luigi.scarso@gmail.com>
 	* Fixed synctex message on a math node with no zero glue
 
diff --git a/texk/web2c/luatexdir/luatex_svnversion.h b/texk/web2c/luatexdir/luatex_svnversion.h
index ae5255b50e..5422bb4ad0 100644
--- a/texk/web2c/luatexdir/luatex_svnversion.h
+++ b/texk/web2c/luatexdir/luatex_svnversion.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #ifndef luatex_svn_revision_h
 #define luatex_svn_revision_h
-#define luatex_svn_revision 7620
+#define luatex_svn_revision 7621
 #endif
diff --git a/texk/web2c/luatexdir/tex/textoken.c b/texk/web2c/luatexdir/tex/textoken.c
index a1f0c23092..8fef4f5916 100644
--- a/texk/web2c/luatexdir/tex/textoken.c
+++ b/texk/web2c/luatexdir/tex/textoken.c
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ void check_outer_validity(void)
     halfword q;
     if (suppress_outer_error_par)
         return;
-    if (scanner_status != normal) {
+    if (   OK_to_interrupt  && (scanner_status != normal)) {
         deletions_allowed = false;
         /*tex