Replace audio file in project/timeline

Hi all,
Does anyone know if there's a way to replace or refresh/update an audio file in the timeline of a project when it's been modified since the current project was created? In other words, I've dragged several bounced wav files into a timeline in a new Logic project, but have since gone back and remixed some of the bounced files. Unfortunately, Logic is not updating the files in the final timeline. Is there a way to manually select the file and refresh or update it with the most recent version?
Thanks.

Are your new updated audio files in the same folder and with EXACTLY the same name?
In other words, are you doing destructive editing on these files? (Hint: you could, but you'd better do it on copies.)
What are you using to do this editing?
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